The Narrator In Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart

In Edgar Allen Poe’s story, “The Tell-Tale Heart”, the narrator should definitely be held accountable for his actions. In the story the narrator lacked a legitimate reason for the murder of the old man. The narrator only wanted to kill the old man because of his eyes. It just so happened that on the eighth night of the narrator stalking the old man for seven days, his eye was opened. “It was open—wide, wide open—and I grew furious as I gazed upon it.” That caught the narrator’s attention and triggered him! He went insane, and suffocated the old man with a bed mattress. If an eye bothers someone so much to the point where they need or want to kill someone, they’re insane and need a lot of help. I would say these types of people, in general are not safe to be around, and especially to have them in front of

Though, he cut the body up as if it were completely normal, “There was nothing to wash out—no stain of any kind—no blood spot whatever!”. The narrator was becoming more and more of a threat to everyone around him, with the premeditated murder. A horrifying subject to realize is how he waited for the eye to be opened. This shows me that the narrator knew exactly what he was doing, “A tub had caught all—ha!ha!” I thought it was plain weird and insane that he was laughing while doing this! In my thought of reference, someone shouldn’t be laughing while killing a person, it gives a much easier target. I have noticed in life that people are insane. Especially the thought of stalking someone…Anyone. People are willing to do extremely crazy things these days, and I know that people should be held accountable for what they’re actions. I really don’t care if the person had a mental illness you should never be able to get away with something so severe. I would feel bilious, depressed, and irritated if I ever knew someone died due to some stupid person, and the person got away with it easier than everyone else. To me in life, if you do