There was a lot of fear brought to the old man when he thought someone was in the house and had been stalking him. This is stated in the fifth paragraph, it says, “ Although I chuckled at heart. I knew that he had been lying awake ever since the first slight noise His fears had been ever since growing upon him. He had been trying to fancy them causeless, but he had been saying It is nothing but the wind in the chimney.” Based off of this quote, this shows how there is a sense of fear and panic in the old man which, brought that horror characteristics into the story. Then, there was also fear of insane that was brought towards the end of the story. It says, “Yet the sound increased and they heard! They suspected! They knew! Villains! I shrieked dissemble no more! I admit the deed! Tear the planks! It is the beating of his hideous heart!” This shows how the killer let the fear get closer to his insanity which leads him to confess to his crime although, the heart was not beating nor the officers heard
There was a lot of fear brought to the old man when he thought someone was in the house and had been stalking him. This is stated in the fifth paragraph, it says, “ Although I chuckled at heart. I knew that he had been lying awake ever since the first slight noise His fears had been ever since growing upon him. He had been trying to fancy them causeless, but he had been saying It is nothing but the wind in the chimney.” Based off of this quote, this shows how there is a sense of fear and panic in the old man which, brought that horror characteristics into the story. Then, there was also fear of insane that was brought towards the end of the story. It says, “Yet the sound increased and they heard! They suspected! They knew! Villains! I shrieked dissemble no more! I admit the deed! Tear the planks! It is the beating of his hideous heart!” This shows how the killer let the fear get closer to his insanity which leads him to confess to his crime although, the heart was not beating nor the officers heard