Concetti Chiave
- The story is set in a shared house during the 20th century, focusing on a tense, indoor environment.
- The plot revolves around a protagonist obsessed with an old man's "vulture-like" eye, leading to murder and a guilty confession.
- The main characters include a crazed protagonist and an old man with a distinctive pale blue eye.
- The narrative uses a first-person, omniscient perspective, offering deep insight into the protagonist's mind.
- The style features free indirect questions and evokes themes of madness, hallucination, and terror.
The Tell - Tale Heart
DATA ABOUT THE BOOKAuthor: Edgar Allan Poe
Type of book: Short Story_ Fiction
Published in: 1843
CONTENT
Setting: indoor settingPlace: house shared by the characters
Time: 20th century
Plot: The protagonist lives with an old man, but he's obsessed by the "vulture-like" old man's Eye. For one week, every night at midnight, the man gets into the old man's room and looks at him. But one night the old man feels the presence of the man and is terrified. So the man takes his decision: he kills the old man and hides his body under the floor. Next morning policemen get into the house advised by the neighbour that heard mysterious noises. The man at the beginning is quite, but then starts to feel and hear the beat of the old man' heart, in his mind. He becomes nervous and, at the end, he confesses his crime.
Characters
The man=he's crazy and obsessed by the old man's Eye.The old man=he's old, he's the victim, he has a pale blue Eye with a film over it.
NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE
Type of narrator: 1st person, omniscent, inside the story, goes inside man's mind
STYLE
Comments on the language of the text: free indirect questions; growning atmosphere of fear, horror, terror and tension; realistic description.Themes: Madness, Allucination, Insanity
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