Tell Tale Heart Diction
Edgar Allan Poe did not have the greatest life. His mom died when he was just two, he lost the love of his life to the same syndrome that killed his mother and his step-mom. He spent most of his life as a poor man, also his step-dad kicked him out and put him in a bad college. Edgar Allan Poe's story “The Tell-Tale Heart” deals with one's morality and that anyone can take it away whether they have reason to or not. “The Tell-Tale Heart” begins with, a man (the narrator), decides to get rid of the “vulture eye” that haunts him every time it lands on him. By doing so, he would kill the old man. Every midnight, for about a week, he would check on the old man's chamber and try to eliminate him. But every time he opened the door the old man's
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In this short story, Edger Allan Poe does a great job of describing the setting, even though it's not that descriptive but he uses a language to makes the readers think that it's happening this way. To support my statement, the author uses diction to make the readers scared: “black as pitch with thick darkness”. This makes the mood of the story creepy and scary. Also, Poe creates a mood of tension and anxiety “TRUE! —NERVOUS—VERY, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?”. Its narrator is fascinating because he confused the readers right off the bat that makes readers more interested in the short story. Another reason is because its short and easy to understand; that makes the readers focus on the short story and it's easy to explain the story. If I compare the “Cask of Amontillado” to the “Tale-Tale Heart” both narrators had a plan to kill their victim, both of their victims did not have the knowledge that there going to die, in both stories they inspect their targets, in both short stories the narrators make sure their bodies are hidden very well and that none could have found it not even 100 years later and they really cautioned with their
In this short story, Edger Allan Poe does a great job of describing the setting, even though it's not that descriptive but he uses a language to makes the readers think that it's happening this way. To support my statement, the author uses diction to make the readers scared: “black as pitch with thick darkness”. This makes the mood of the story creepy and scary. Also, Poe creates a mood of tension and anxiety “TRUE! —NERVOUS—VERY, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?”. Its narrator is fascinating because he confused the readers right off the bat that makes readers more interested in the short story. Another reason is because its short and easy to understand; that makes the readers focus on the short story and it's easy to explain the story. If I compare the “Cask of Amontillado” to the “Tale-Tale Heart” both narrators had a plan to kill their victim, both of their victims did not have the knowledge that there going to die, in both stories they inspect their targets, in both short stories the narrators make sure their bodies are hidden very well and that none could have found it not even 100 years later and they really cautioned with their