Evil Eye
In the story "The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe, the main character who is also the narrator (protagonist) is faced with the fear of the old man's eye (antagonist). Because of this fear the narrator takes severe actions in order to end his fear, but on the other hand this fear leads to his demise. In the beginning of the "Tell Tale Heart" the narrator is trying to convince us that he isn't mad, but by asking us why we say he is mad and saying " I heard all things in heaven and earth. I heard many things in hell." gives me an impression that he is mad. The narrator says that the old man had never "wronged" or "insulted" him, that it wasn't the old man who bothered him, but it was his eye. The fact the narrator is repulsed by the "evil eye" of the old man is reason enough to doubt his character. The narrator is struggling with the thought that the evil eye is watching him, therefore, he comes up with the plan of killing the old man to get rid of the "e
The way the narrator sat in the old man's chambers an hour after he had awakened showing another sign of a madman. What he thinks is the old man's heart beating is really his own. On the eighth night the narrator tells how cautiously he opened the door and how he could "scarcely" contain his feelings of triumph. He then gets so out of control that he confesses to the murder of the old man. The narrator then goes to extreme measures in dismembering the body and hiding it under the planks of the floor. The narrator stands at the door until he cannot take it any more and pounces on the old man killing him. The narrator stalks the old man a week before he kills him, and tells us precisely how he opens the door "oh so gently. The narrator mistakes the beating of his own heart for the heart beat of the old man. It isn't until the old man awakens each day, that the fear returns to the narrator and the madness begins again. While the police officers are talking to the narrator, he begins to feel uneasy and his conscience is starting to get to him. With his sense of relief that the "evil eye is gone, the narrator has no problem letting the police in when they arrive at his house. At this point I think the narrator thought he had won over his fear of the eye until the old man awoke from his bed.
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