the different levels of insani

In the opening of “The Tell-Tale Heart”, the reader is introduced to the narrator, or caretaker, who tells the reader that he is gong to kill a man he loves; the man has never wronged him. This, alone, tells the reader that he is clearly insan

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He then proceeds to tell the reader, in detail, how he planned and executed the murder. It is, however, the beating of the heart that causes him to confess. The constant beating that only a madman could hear. The sheets turned down, the offer to fix him dinner, the tea she insisted he have, all were clues to her insanity.

Both stories show levels of insanity. He tells how he disposes of the body and assures himself that he cannot be caught. The other shows someone who seems as sane as everyone else, but who is just as insane as the other. One shows someone who hears things and tries to make himself seem as sane as everyone else. He admits that he is going to kill him. Not until the very end did it become clear what she had been doing to her guests. There are no obvious signs that she is going to kill anyone. The caretaker then tells the reader that it is the man’s evil eye that is the cause of his murderous plot. In the end, both stories show the reader the different levels of insanity, one clearly insane, and the other slyly insane.

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