Tell-Tale Heart is a short story by Edgar Allen Poe. The entire story is a confession of a brutal murder without a rational motive. The narrator repeatedly attempts to convince the audience, he has not gone mad even if his actions prove otherwise, his nervousness sharpens his senses and allows him to hear things from heaven, earth and hell. had planned to kill his roommate who had never harmed him and who loved him very much because he had loved him felt his pale blue eye tormenting him The narrator claims that “his eye looks like that of a. vulture' The fool then goes on to explain how when the eye is on him his blood turns cold and he has to get rid of the eye forever. He sneaks into his roommate's room for seven nights at midnight and. shines a beam of light from a lantern on the eye to find it closed. On the eighth night, he repeats the same steps to find that this time the eye is open! The roommate senses someone's presence and is alarmed. The narrator says he knew his roommate was scared because he could hear. his heartbeat and recognized this feeling of fear. The narrator then attacks the man, pushes him to the ground and throws the bed on top of him, killing him instantly. The narrator dismembers the body and places the pieces under the floorboards of the house. In doing this, he makes fun of himself and what he has done. Moments later, the police knocked on the door because a neighbor complained about the noise and heard someone screaming. The narrator says the screams came from him, but he calmly helps the police officers inside. to check for themselves. He hears a slight heartbeat. When they find nothing wrong with the scene, they all pull up chairs and talk. The longer they sit, the stronger the heartbeat...... middle of paper ......Works CitedAnderson, Katie. Madness in the Asylums.http://mgagnon.myweb.uga.edu/student/kanderson.htmlFebruary 7, 2010Related content. 2010http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/261561/edgar_allen_poe_a_telltaleheart.htmlFebruary 6, 2010Bittner, William. Poe: biography-Boston: Little Brown and Co.1982http://www.users.stargate.net/~zrm/lit/telltale.htmlFebruary 7, 2010 “Conscience.” Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.2010Merriam-Webster online February 7, 2010http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conscienceFebruary 7, 2010“enotes.”enotes.com.2010http://www.enotes.com/ tell-tale-heartJanuary 27, 2010 “Houghton Mifflin”. Houghton Mifflin Company.2004http://www.medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/mental.comFebruary 7, 2010Womack. Martha, “Revealing Heart.” The Decoderhttp://www.poedecoder.com/essays/ttheart/#pointFebruary 7 2010