othing of it, interpretation of him may have been different for the rest of the story. He continues furthermore in the story to deny his madness, with his caution and foresight proof that he could not possibly be mad. However he decides he must kill the old man he lives with because of his eye.
             "Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture......I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever" (1572).
             Soon after this statement he refers to the eye as the Evil Eye (1572).
             The legend of the Evil Eye was thought to have originated in Sumeria but its legend is known worldwide. It is thought that a curse is placed on a child, livestock, crop etc. by someone who ha
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