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Poe's Unhealthyness

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The character was a paranoid schizophrenic & his paranoia got the best of him. It started with a scary tone, overall creepiness. He prides himself on his careful planning and mastery at deceiving others. While he acts friendly towards people, his dark secrets are hidden. During the evening the old man's screams causes a neighbor to report to the police. The narrator invites the three officers in to look around. He claims that the screams that were heard were his very own because of a nightmare and that the man was out of town. The narrator was calm at first but he started to feel very uncomfortable and he notice a noise in his ears. The narrator comes to the conclusion that it is the heartbeat of the old man coming from under the floorboards

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