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I truley believe the the narrator is insane because, he waited out the long 8 days on killing the old man. He also didn't exactly plan the murder, and chopped him up and put him in the floor board.     BW       AH

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I truley believe the the narrator is insane because, he waited out the long 8 days on killing the old man. He also didn't exactly plan the murder, and chopped him up and put him in the floor board.     BW       AH

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I think he's truly insane, he took his time but obviously didn't plan it out due to him waiting for and hour and more for the man to go back to bed. "placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim.", "I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle". He has never killed before due to his guilt, and him lying right next to the body.

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I think he's truly insane, he took his time but obviously didn't plan it out due to him waiting for and hour and more for the man to go back to bed. "placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim.", "I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle". He has never killed before due to his guilt, and him lying right next to the body.

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MK

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He is a calculated killer because he waited until the 8th day and watched the other days.

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He is a calculated killer because he waited until the 8th day and watched the other days.

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"but the noise arose over all and continually  It grew louder — louder — louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God! — no, no! They heard! — they suspected! — they knew! — they were making a mockery of my horror! — this I thought, and this I think. But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die!" - he really shows how vulnerable he thinks he is.

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"but the noise arose over all and continually  It grew louder — louder — louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God! — no, no! They heard! — they suspected! — they knew! — they were making a mockery of my horror! — this I thought, and this I think. But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die!" - he really shows how vulnerable he thinks he is.

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Mk

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I say he is insane. "Oh God! what could I do? I foamed - I raved - I swore!" This quote shows that something caused him to foam from the mouth, foaming from the mouth is not normal. "The shriek, I said, was my own in a dream." The man was not in a normal set of mind because he said it was like he was in a dream. -KB AT

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Showing how the narrator would describe with detail the evil doing he committed/from the killers point of view.

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Showing how the narrator would describe with detail the evil doing he committed/from the killers point of view.

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no we feel he is very smart "There was nothing to wash out — no stain of any kind — no blood-spot whatever. I had been too wary for that. A tub had caught all" this showe that he is smart and was prepared for whatever was to come. also the fact how he showed the passage in his pov made himm look smarter.

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He admit to the murder because he couldnt bare to hear the old mans beating heart and thought the police where mocking him of his horror.  And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God! — no, no! They heard! — they suspected! — they knew! — they were making a mockery of my horror!   BW    AH

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He admit to the murder because he couldnt bare to hear the old mans beating heart and thought the police where mocking him of his horror.  And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God! — no, no! They heard! — they suspected! — they knew! — they were making a mockery of my horror!   BW    AH

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"One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture — a pale blue eye, with a film over it." The metaphor helps show what the old man's eye looks like and why the narrator is so unnerved about the eye. -AB

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"One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture — a pale blue eye, with a film over it." The metaphor helps show what the old man's eye looks like and why the narrator is so unnerved about the eye. -AB

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One piece of figurative language that is relevant to the text is "His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness." this figurative language helps the text by making the setting too dark for the old man to see in.

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One piece of figurative language that is relevant to the text is "His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness." this figurative language helps the text by making the setting too dark for the old man to see in.

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The beating heart symbolizes how he is getting nervous and scared that the police will find the body, it also show that he is going a little crazy.-SH

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The beating heart symbolizes how he is getting nervous and scared that the police will find the body, it also show that he is going a little crazy.-SH

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He felt like they already knew and couldn't wait for them to find the full truth so he admitted to it."They heard! — they suspected! — they knew! — they were making a mockery of my horror!"

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I think the heart is symbolizing his guilt, his craziness is coming out. Hes hearing and seeing things to make him fall out and tell the truth.

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I think the heart is symbolizing his guilt, his craziness is coming out. Hes hearing and seeing things to make him fall out and tell the truth.

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Mk

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The beating heart symbolizes how the old man was scared because he heard a noise in the middle of the night. Its signifcant by showing the fear he had by hearing the noice and kept second guessing himself that it was something else.   BW      AH

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The beating heart symbolizes how the old man was scared because he heard a noise in the middle of the night. Its signifcant by showing the fear he had by hearing the noice and kept second guessing himself that it was something else.   BW      AH

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The narrator says at the beginning of the confession that he was very ill;other than hearing the old mans heartbeat which is impossible considering he had killed the old man.

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The narrator says at the beginning of the confession that he was very ill;other than hearing the old mans heartbeat which is impossible considering he had killed the old man.

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He's insane because he's always questioning if he's mad, and saying he's mad, and he planned the "murder". He wanted to kill him for his eye. He had no problem with the man, mainly the eye. "I made up my mind to take the life  of the old man, thus, get rid myself of that eye forever". "I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him".  

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He's insane because he's always questioning if he's mad, and saying he's mad, and he planned the "murder". He wanted to kill him for his eye. He had no problem with the man, mainly the eye. "I made up my mind to take the life  of the old man, thus, get rid myself of that eye forever". "I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him".  

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The narrator is a calculated killer that ends up going insane after he makes his killing. "I then replaced the boards so

cleverly, so cunningly, that no human eye — not even his — could have

detected any thing wrong." This shows how he is calculated in his work, however, "But anything

was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this

derision!" This evidence shows him going insane due to the guilt in his head. -OW, RC

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The killer is insane. In the text it says "It took me an hour to place my head within the opening so far that i could see him lay upon his bed" " Yet the sound increased - and what could i do? It was a low, dull, quick sound- much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton." L & K

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The killer is insane. In the text it says "It took me an hour to place my head within the opening so far that i could see him lay upon his bed" " Yet the sound increased - and what could i do? It was a low, dull, quick sound- much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton." L & K

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The man is truly insane because he says he has a gift to hear things sharper but if the noises are loud, he freaks out. -SO FR

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This man is just very calculated we can tell this by reading this quote "There was nothing to wash out — no stain of

any kind — no blood-spot whatever. I had been too wary for that. A tub had caught all" this shows that he was very weary for what he was doing. You realized how the text was in his POV this is most likely because it made him look very very smart and how he knew what he was doing.

KB
WO

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"I felt that I must scream or die!" This quote shows that the crazy man could not stand the sounds of the police anymore.

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The narrator was paranoid since he heard the old mans heartbeat even though dead; thinking the officers heard it making him even more paranoid until eventually he couldn't bear the pressure.

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The narrator was paranoid since he heard the old mans heartbeat even though dead; thinking the officers heard it making him even more paranoid until eventually he couldn't bear the pressure.

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In my opinion, the narrator is both a calculated killer and mentally insane. He is more more mentally insane, though. After killing the old man, his sanity declines and he starts to hear what we can be assumed to be hallucinations ("I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. It grew louder — louder — louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled.") The narrator is smart, yes, but him killing the old man puts him in a spot where he feels immense guilt /because/ he killed him, even if he justifies it. -AB

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In my opinion, the narrator is both a calculated killer and mentally insane. He is more more mentally insane, though. After killing the old man, his sanity declines and he starts to hear what we can be assumed to be hallucinations ("I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. It grew louder — louder — louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled.") The narrator is smart, yes, but him killing the old man puts him in a spot where he feels immense guilt /because/ he killed him, even if he justifies it. -AB

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The heart symbolizes his own fear, in tense situations, the heart can also symbolize his insanity. 

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The heart symbolizes his own fear, in tense situations, the heart can also symbolize his insanity. 

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"His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness, and so I knew that he could not see the opening of the door, and I kept pushing it on steadily, steadily." Since his room was dark, it made it more difficult for him to kill the old man. SO FR

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The narrator is insane, he cant explain why he went mad over the eye, and he reavaled that he murdered the old man after hearing a sound that no one else could hear. - AD JA

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"At length a single dim ray, like the thread of the spider." It states how thin the lights was and he probably shines the light on the eye to make sure he is blind.-SH

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"At length a single dim ray, like the thread of the spider." It states how thin the lights was and he probably shines the light on the eye to make sure he is blind.-SH

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" It was a low, dull, quick sound-much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotten." It shows that there was a beated sound of the old mans heart.      BW   AH

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" It was a low, dull, quick sound-much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotten." It shows that there was a beated sound of the old mans heart.      BW   AH

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The narrator admits to the murder, because the beating of his own heart tricks him into thinking the old man's heart was still beating. The narrator thinks the officers can hear his heart beating and drives him to his breaking point where he admits ,as shown in the text "I was suffering more than i could bear, from their smiles, and from that sound.

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The narrator admits to the murder, because the beating of his own heart tricks him into thinking the old man's heart was still beating. The narrator thinks the officers can hear his heart beating and drives him to his breaking point where he admits ,as shown in the text "I was suffering more than i could bear, from their smiles, and from that sound.

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H.S

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He admits to the murder because he was feeling so much guilt in his own head he could not take it anymore. "But anything

was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this

derision!" -OW, RC

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"They heard! - they suspected! - they knew! - they were making a mockery of my horror!" He thought that they suspected knew and he wanted to admit before they fully found out. -SO FR

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The crazy man  admits to the murder because he can hear the old mans heart beating "Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypercritical smiles no longer! I felt that i must scream or die!" JA and AD

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"until, at length a single dim ray, like the thread of the spider"- He describes as if he opened the lantern with a dim opening, as thin and dim as a thread from a spider. Explaining how the old man is blind affecting the whole section of new information

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"until, at length a single dim ray, like the thread of the spider"- He describes as if he opened the lantern with a dim opening, as thin and dim as a thread from a spider. Explaining how the old man is blind affecting the whole section of new information

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"Anything was more tolerable than this

derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! " this shows that what he was experiencing was so unbearable that he could take being found out to get it to stop

KB
WO

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The heart symbolizes his guilt toward the man he killed although he just wanted to get rid of the eye. SO FR

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The men were laughing, smiling, and mocking him, and the killer started raging and angrily admitted to them he did it, and started explaining why, and was telling them things like his heart, his eyes, and more. And he also said that they knew.  

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The men were laughing, smiling, and mocking him, and the killer started raging and angrily admitted to them he did it, and started explaining why, and was telling them things like his heart, his eyes, and more. And he also said that they knew.  

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The narrator is a calculated murderer because he knew why he wanted to kill the man and he waited for the right time to kill the old man. - MH

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The narrator is a calculated murderer because he knew why he wanted to kill the man and he waited for the right time to kill the old man. - MH

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The heartbeat of the old man shows how terrified he is, but also shows how the killer is going insane and paranoid of the old mans death. ZC

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The heartbeat of the old man shows how terrified he is, but also shows how the killer is going insane and paranoid of the old mans death. ZC

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"Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim." this quote shows the sadness and concept of death and sorrow. -SO FR

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Hes insane because he says he can here thing sharper so its a gift but he goes crazy when he hears things get louder and intense.

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The first point of view impacts the story because it describes the things he did and thought about. -CM

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The heart symbolizes his guilt from killing the man, hes not actually hearing it beating, but its a feeling of guilt in his head that he cant get out. Due to this he makes his confession because he couldn't take it anymore. -OW, RC

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The heart shows how the crazy man received relief when he killed the old man. -KB AT

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the heart int the text sembolises life and how the faster and harder it beats to more lofe you have but the faster it will leave

KB
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The heart is a symbol for his regret/sorrow for the old man-cz

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The heart is a symbol for his regret/sorrow for the old man-cz

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He felt the officers already knew and were mocking him. "They heard! — they suspected! — they knew! — they were making a mockery of my horror! "

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The heart symolizes his sorrow for killing the old man, this is the noise that makes him confess at the end - AD JA

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He is a caculate killer because he planned the murder and a way to hide it. He waited a week to murder him. Another reason is he changed the planks to show no change. JS

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He is a caculate killer because he planned the murder and a way to hide it. He waited a week to murder him. Another reason is he changed the planks to show no change. JS

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The heart can be seen as a symbolization for the narrators guilt, as he continues to hide the murder, it grows stronger and the beating grows stronger. The heart is signifigant to show the steady decline of the narrators thoughts and how he slowly falls into madness. -AB

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The heart can be seen as a symbolization for the narrators guilt, as he continues to hide the murder, it grows stronger and the beating grows stronger. The heart is signifigant to show the steady decline of the narrators thoughts and how he slowly falls into madness. -AB

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The narrator admits to the murder because the officers were getting to loud and he couldn't handle it. 'I felt that I must scream or die! — and now — again! — hark! louder! louder! louder! louder! — " 

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The narrator admits to the murder because the officers were getting to loud and he couldn't handle it. 'I felt that I must scream or die! — and now — again! — hark! louder! louder! louder! louder! — " 

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The heart could symbolize his sanity, but it could also represent his anger and the suspense because it's beating and he gets so mad over it, and he feels like he's going to blow. Like he yells and gets so angry over it. 

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The heart could symbolize his sanity, but it could also represent his anger and the suspense because it's beating and he gets so mad over it, and he feels like he's going to blow. Like he yells and gets so angry over it. 

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It shows that he is mentally insane, it aslo shows how Poe used first person and to show what its like to be a mentally insane person. BW, AH

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It shows that he is mentally insane, it aslo shows how Poe used first person and to show what its like to be a mentally insane person. BW, AH

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"One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture — a pale

blue eye, with a film over it." this help us know how he felt when looking at it like sets the feeling of the text.

KB
WO

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"His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness, (for the shutters were closed fastened, through fear of robbers,) and so I knew that he could not see the opening the door, and I kept pushing it on steadily,steadily." The impact shows what the setting was like. -KB AT

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The heart symbolizes  the relief of killing the old man when his heart stopped. - MH

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The heart symbolizes  the relief of killing the old man when his heart stopped. - MH

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"I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer!" he thought they knew and they were mocking him

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"I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer!" he thought they knew and they were mocking him

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"One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture"
This shows his hatred of the old mans eye, what he thought, and how it affected him. JA and AD

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The heart symbolizes the suspense and the killers urge to be in silence or suspense of relief to get rid of the eye.

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The heart symbolizes the suspense and the killers urge to be in silence or suspense of relief to get rid of the eye.

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"His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness"  His room was dark, and it would be harder to get inside and do whatever he needed to do. 

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"His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness"  His room was dark, and it would be harder to get inside and do whatever he needed to do. 

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Poe used told it in first person to show that he is smart and not crazy.-SH

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Poe used told it in first person to show that he is smart and not crazy.-SH

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The narrator is truly insane, because he says lots of contradictory things, such as "It is impossible to say how the idea first entered my head. A madman cannot plan." The narrator also says that he is not mad then says crazy things such as, "I am not mad? I heard sounds from heaven; and I heard sounds from hell!"

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The narrator is truly insane, because he says lots of contradictory things, such as "It is impossible to say how the idea first entered my head. A madman cannot plan." The narrator also says that he is not mad then says crazy things such as, "I am not mad? I heard sounds from heaven; and I heard sounds from hell!"

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He went insane from guilt cause he was not vexxed at the old man but the eye. JS

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He went insane from guilt cause he was not vexxed at the old man but the eye. JS

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"for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye. " This figurative language tells the readers why he killed the old man - MH

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"for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye. " This figurative language tells the readers why he killed the old man - MH

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The narrator admits to the murder because he assumes he can hear the beating of the old man's heart, and confesses due to how loud the heart seems. "I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. Why would they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men — but the noise steadily increased." -AB

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The narrator admits to the murder because he assumes he can hear the beating of the old man's heart, and confesses due to how loud the heart seems. "I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. Why would they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men — but the noise steadily increased." -AB

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He uses first person POV because it was the guys confession of his killing, and hes describing his own actions. -OW, RC

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The heart symbolizes the man guilt for killing the old man. JS

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The heart symbolizes the man guilt for killing the old man. JS

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maybe since a clock represents the heart  its counting down the time of death

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maybe since a clock represents the heart  its counting down the time of death

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first person shows what he is going through and dealing with. He uses this over others to describe his actions and what he did.

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He used 1st person because he wanted us to feel immersed in the story as if we were there with him. Any other point of view would make him look crazy, he did not think he was crazy so he told in the least crazy most smart way possible

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"For his gold I had no desire. " He compared the old man's kindness to gold.-cz

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"For his gold I had no desire. " He compared the old man's kindness to gold.-cz

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metaphore of the shadow showed how scared the old man was. JS

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metaphore of the shadow showed how scared the old man was. JS

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First person created a smart character to the story yet still shows how crazy he really is

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First person created a smart character to the story yet still shows how crazy he really is

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Mk

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The point of view shows his feelings and why he may have done it -SO FR

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The point of view shows his confession. A confession is why they murder the person so if he used any other it would just be a story. JS

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The point of view shows his confession. A confession is why they murder the person so if he used any other it would just be a story. JS

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"For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture — a pale blue eye, with a film over it."   He describes why he doesn't like the eye.

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"For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture — a pale blue eye, with a film over it."   He describes why he doesn't like the eye.

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The point of veiw from the crazy man, makes us see his resoning for the killinf while also making it more tense - AD JA

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"Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim." it conveys a real sense of dread and panic to the text

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"Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim." it conveys a real sense of dread and panic to the text

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It lets us understand his side of the killing and why/how he did it-cz

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It lets us understand his side of the killing and why/how he did it-cz

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The POV impacts the story by determining who is speaking. Poe uses first person because he is telling why he killed the old man to the officers after he told the officers he killed the old man. - MH

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The POV impacts the story by determining who is speaking. Poe uses first person because he is telling why he killed the old man to the officers after he told the officers he killed the old man. - MH

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The crazy guy was talking and it showed what he thought of the old man that he killed. -KB AT

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It's more realistic that way, and in horror writings, first person is scarier because it's from them, so every detail is displayed. 

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It's more realistic that way, and in horror writings, first person is scarier because it's from them, so every detail is displayed. 

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Po is trying to add suspense in the story by giving the readers a side of the character and what the character is feeling.

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Po is trying to add suspense in the story by giving the readers a side of the character and what the character is feeling.

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The point of view impacts the story by giving a more personal account of his reasonings and his motivations. -AB

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The point of view impacts the story by giving a more personal account of his reasonings and his motivations. -AB

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it conveys the feelings of the killer more because its from his point of view

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it conveys the feelings of the killer more because its from his point of view