The Tell-Tale Heart

The story the Tale Tell heart is about an old man's eye who vexed the narrator so the narrator watch the old sleep for a week, this convinces the reader that the narrator is a calculated killer by the steps and precautions he takes to kill the old man. The narrator is a calculated killer by, not making a sound well killing the old man, second by dismembering the body with out a single drop of blood, and lastly by, having a plan to hide the body with anyone detecting a problem.

In the story the tell tale heart by E.A.Poe the narrator is a calculated killer because he the man with only one sound.The story states that the narrator wanted to kill the old man because of his eye that vexed him,and used the bed to squash him.(Quote 1) This quote this proves that the narrator planned to make as little noise as possible and had away to successfully killed him.When the narrator killed the old man only one little noise that one little shriek that could be heardThe narrator reported hearing a shriek(Poe 3). This quote proves that the only sound made could only be heard was a shriek. As you can see the narrator is a calculated killer by making as little to no noise when killing the old man, but he also has a plan of dismembering the body without a single drop of blood.

In the short story The tell tale heart by E.A.Poe the narrator is a calculated killer by dismembering the corps without a single drop of blood. In the text the narrator remembers the the corps after he killed the old man leaving nothing behind.i Dismembered the bodie, first the head from the body, then the arms, then legs(Poe 4) This quote proves that he had a plan to cut off the body parts in a planned out manner.The narrator used a tub to catch all the blood so that their was no trace that someone was killed.No blood stain I used a tub it had caught it all(Poe 4). As a result the narrator planned to leave nothing behind that showed proof that the old man was killed.As you can see the narrator had plans for killing the old man without a sound and leaving no blood stain that shows proof the old man was killed, now he has a plan on where to hide the body without being spotted.

In the short story The tell tale heart by E.A.Poe the narrator is a calculated killer, now that he dismembered the body he needs a space to hide the corps ,but he already has a plan that anyone could even spot the hiding place. I then took up three of the flooring of the chamber Then i replaced the boarding so cleverly, so cunningly that no human eye-not even his-could have detected anything wrong(Poe 5).This quote proves that narrator hide the body in a place undetectable.The narrator invited the officers into the old man's chamber and they did not detect a thing. placed my own seat upon the very spot...Corps of the victim the officers were satisfied(Poe 6).The narrator is a calculated killer that the officer couldn't even find where he hide the body, so he planned to have a good hiding spot. All of this evidence proves that the narrator is a calculated killer.

The narrator convinced the reader that he was a calculated killer by planning out every event leading up to the eventful night by, Making no sound when kill the old man, Second by, disposing the corps without a single drop of blood, and lastly but hiding the body where no one can find it. All of this evidence proves he a calculated killer not just by this but also by his action in the story.

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