Considered the father of american litterature, Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston in 1809. His parents died when he was very young, so he was raised by a rich merchant family, the Allan. He enlisted in the army when he was only 18 and he was discharged two years later. His first published work was a collection of poems, Tamerlane and Other Poems, in 1927.
The short story The Tell-Tale Heart depicts a narrator who tries to insist on his sanity. During the whole story, he states proofs that he is not mad. He tells the story of how he murdered the old man whith whom he lives. The man's clouded, pale, ''vulture-like'' eye obsesses him, disturbs him so much that he plots a way to get rid of the eye - to murder the old man. For seven nights in a row, he very carefuly and slowly opens the old man's door, and send a ray of light to the eye to see if it is open. The eye, however, is always closed. On the following night, the old man wakes up and sits up in his bed while the narrator is opening the door. Both stay perectly still for an hour. The narrator can even hear the old man's heart beating louder and louder. He jumps in the room of and murders him before hiding the body beneath the floor.
A neighbor heard noise however, and the police comes. They search the house but find nothing suspicious. The narrator is so confident that he made the perfect crime that he even invites the policemen to take a cup of tea. But then, his twisted mind starts hearing the heart again, and he goes mad. He admits that he killed the old man.
The short story The Tell-Tale Heart depicts a narrator who tries to insist on his sanity. ("tries to" is not essential) During the whole story, he states proofs that he is not mad. He tells the story of how he murdered the old man whith whom he lives. ("whith")The man's clouded, pale, ''vulture-like'' eye obsesses him, disturbs him so much that he plots a way to get rid of the eye - to murder the old man.(run-on sentence) For seven nights in a row, he very carefuly and slowly opens the old man's door, and send a ray of light to the eye to see if it is open. The eye, however, is always closed. On the following night, the old man wakes up and sits up in his bed while the narrator is opening the door. Both stay perectly still for an hour. The narrator can even hear the old man's heart beating louder and louder. He jumps in the room of and murders him before hiding the body beneath the floor.
ReplyDeleteA neighbor heard noise however, and the police comes. (too much of the word "however". In this case, you didn't have to put it) They search the house but find nothing suspicious. The narrator is so confident that he made the perfect crime that he even invites the policemen to take a cup of tea. (you should find another word than "that") But then, his twisted mind starts hearing the heart again, and he goes mad. He admits that he killed the old man.