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             I. In "The Tell Tale Heart" madness is the single effect.
             A. Identity of the main character is unkown.
             1.The narrator never says whether the character is male or female.
             2. The narrator leaves two options of how the story can go to interpret.
             B. The character has many traits about themselves.
             1. The character felt the officers already knew that he was guilty.
             2. The character suffers from delusions of persecution.
             3. From the time the character looked in the window to when he confessed, corresponds with his disease.
             4. Many feel the character is insane and thinks of weird things.
             5. One known fact is that the character has schizophrenia.
             a. Thought he was the greatest because of this disease.
             b. Also speaks highly of themselves by saying how he was wise.
             C. The "evil eye" is what the character thought the man had.
             1. This is what made the main character go insane.
             2. It was said to have looked like a vulture eye.
             D. The crime happened when the character officially lost it.
             1. The character kills the man and buries him under the floor.
             2. The character hears the beating of the heart when being asked by the police about the murder.
             3. The character confesses that he did the crime to the police who didn't even suspect him.
             4. The character feels no passion to the man whom he killed.
             5. The character feels he is still mortal at the end of the story when he hears the beating of the heart.
             1. The character's sex is still unknown.
             2. The character had a disease called schizophrenia.
             3. The character killed a man whom he thought was evil.
             4. The character confesses to the police that he is guilty.
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