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The phrase, "Stone dead" is a common idiom that describes death in a more definite way. This idiom helps to emphasize the severity of the man's death, a long with the accomplishment that the narrator feels after the murder is done.

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First point of view gives readers a deeper and more fulfilling perspective on the story. I think that Poe uses this point of view to better portray the thoughts and feelings of his characters in a more satisfying way.

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"When I had waited a long time, very patiently, without hearing him lie
down, I resolved to open a little — a very, very little crevice in the
lantern. So I opened it — you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily —
until, at length a single dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from
out the crevice and fell upon the vulture eye."
The narrator is both insane and a calculated killer because he was able to kill the old-man without feeling any remorse, and he waited patiently, slowly filling up the old man's heart with fear.

"Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But
you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded
— with what caution — with what foresight — with what dissimulation I
went to work!"
But also, in the duration of the short story, the narrator was constantly trying to convince the readers that he/she is a madman. This is a possible indication that the author believes deep-down that he/she is a madman but is convincing themselves and the audience that they are not.

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"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!" The narrator admits to the murder because he feels guilt, but he cannot tell that he is feeling guilty and rather blames it on their "mockery" of his well-planned crime. And this causes him to admit before they "make" him confess.

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The heart symbolizes the guilt and fear of the narrator. While he completed his task with such cold-bloodedness and went about with his day as nothing happened, even going so far as inviting police officers into the old man's house and seating them above his corpse. He felt no remorse for the killing, but the heart "spoke" to him. And with that, there was guilt niggling in his head which slowly consumed him until he couldn't take it anymore and confessed to his crimes.

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"A watch’s minute hand moves more quickly than did mine." This metaphor shows how cautiously the narrator proceeded with his work. It also shows his pride in his own patience and stealth.

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The first person point of view impacts the audiences understanding of the narrators intentions and motivations for the crime that was committed. The narrator is able to directly address the audience, the reason being, his main reason/goal, to convince the readers that he is not a madman. He keeps repeating that if he were to be a madman, then how could he have killed the old man with such precision. This would have been unknown to the audience if Poe were to use another perspective because readers will not know that this murder was cold-blooded, or his motivations for the crime.

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The narrator is much more truly insane as a person instead of being a calculated killer. My reasoning for this being that he wanted to murder a man just because he didn't like how his eye made him feel, and after planning it and finally getting to that point, he gave away his scheme within the hour that he murdered the old man. " Upon the eighth night I was more than usually cautious in opening the door... I felt that I must scream or die! and now - again!"

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The narrator is a calculated killer due to his denial of being mad, and his plotting of the murder.  The quotes, "Ha! — would a madman have been so wise as this?", and, "And this I did for seven long nights — every

night just at midnight" show these two points fully.

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We think the narrator is a calculated killer. This is because he took many precautions and was very precise with the killing. "First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs. I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings. I then replaced the boards so cleverly, so cunningly, that no human eye — not even his — could have detected any thing wrong. " This shows that the narrator knew a way to hide the body. "oh cautiously". This shows that the narrator was very careful.

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The narrator admits to the murder because he hears the heart beat of the old man and as time goes in it gets louder and louder until he cant take it. We say this because "  louder! louder! louder! louder!... 'it is the beating of his hideous heart!' ”

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"The blood ran cold"
It shows deep feelings that the narroator can feel and how he felt after he killed the old man.

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The heart symbolizes the human side of the narrator. Even though he is going crazy and cannot feel much, he is slowly starting to feel the guilt of his actions.

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They are a caculated killer because they had all the steps thought out and how they were going to kill the old man. When they hid the body it showed how they had already thought all of there steps through and how they were going to hide the body. They also knew exactly how to get in the old mans house without him seeing them watching him sleep. As he went into the house multiple nights.

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The narrator admits to the murder due the the beating of the heart, AKA his own guilt after killing the old man. It ate him up inside growing louder and louder still until he simply couldn't live with that on his conscience anymore, admitting to his crime. “dissemble no more! I admit the deed! — tear up the planks! — here, here! — it is the beating of his hideous heart!” in the quote he tells them the details of his crime because he cannot bear that guilt.

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If he was a killer he wouldnt have hesitated to kill him he would have more powerful of a drive to kill him. He hesitated alot to get the job done and also he killed him because he didnt like the old mans eye. That is insanity because the eye bothered him to the point that he was drove to kill him. " And i did this for 7 long nights- every night just at midnight." if he really wanted to just kill it wouldnt have token him that long. "He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye!" this proves that he wanted him dead because of his eye. JL BC 

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If he was a killer he wouldnt have hesitated to kill him he would have more powerful of a drive to kill him. He hesitated alot to get the job done and also he killed him because he didnt like the old mans eye. That is insanity because the eye bothered him to the point that he was drove to kill him. " And i did this for 7 long nights- every night just at midnight." if he really wanted to just kill it wouldnt have token him that long. "He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye!" this proves that he wanted him dead because of his eye. JL BC 

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"Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim." - Personification
The speaker is using personification to show that the old man had no idea that his death was coming soon.

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"The blood ran cold."This piece of figurative language shows the strong feelings that he felt.

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"The blood ran cold."This piece of figurative language shows the strong feelings that he felt.

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The narrator admit to the murder because he was going through some sort of agony and much guilt towards the act that he created. " Almighty God! - no, no. They heard! - they suspected! - they knew! - they were makin a mokery of my horror! - this I thought, and this I think. But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision."

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The narrator admitted to murdering the old man because he wasn't able to contain himself and the overbearing pressure that came with the murder when around the cops. "I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die!"

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The narrator admits to the murder because he thought the officers heard the loud thump of the heart. He was in agony because he thought the officers were mocking him, making his actions irrational.

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"hark! louder! louder! louder! louder!." Which is what the madman yelled about the noise that he was hearing. This sound that he was yelling could symbolize the guilt that he was feeling leading to him giving away his crime to the police.

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The person may be made because most of the things they did not seem sane. "My head ached, and I fancied a ringing in my ears: but still they sat and still chatted. The ringing became more distinct: — it continued and became more distinct: I talked more freely to get rid of the feeling: but it continued and gained definitiveness — until, at length, I found that the noise was not within my ears. No doubt I now grew very pale; — but I talked more fluently, and with a

heightened voice. 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." After the man was dead he still heard the heartbeat. "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. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees — very gradually — I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever." It makes no sense for him to kill a man because of his eye.

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"As black as pitch with the thick darkness..." This quote is very vivid and helps the reader to feel the suspense within the darkness. The old man cannot see anything which also adds more suspense.

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The heart symbolizes his own guilt and the reaction of his wrong doings.This "heart" beating out of this flood board is his own heart racing due tot he fear.This is significant cause it shows his insanity and quick actions leading to the ending of him exposing himself.

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The heart symbolizes his own guilt and the reaction of his wrong doings.This "heart" beating out of this flood board is his own heart racing due tot he fear.This is significant cause it shows his insanity and quick actions leading to the ending of him exposing himself.

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I believe the author was truly insane. I believe this because the author had no true motive for what he had done, and throughout the entire text, the author tries to convince the reader of their sanity, talking constantly and very repetitively about how they possibly couldn't have been insane.
"It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain..."
"Ha! — would a madman have been so wise as this?"

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The narrator admitted to the murder when the police came to the door, they invited them in so they didn't seem guilty. Then the killer had them over for dinner and they started hearing the beating of the old man's heart. This stressed him out so much that he confessed to his crime. The last quote of the text states, '“Villains!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed! — tear up the planks! — here, here! — it is the beating of his hideous heart!”'. He had an outburst in this quote in front of the police and told them what he did and where to find the body.

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The figurative language we used is "my blood ran cold." This piece of figurative language impacts the section of the text by showing how the narrator felt whenever he saw the old man's "vulture eye".

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The heart symbolizes both the characters emotions, one being the killer freaking out over the cops not leaving the house and just sitting down and the other piece when the old man's heart beat can be heard when the killer gets closer. The heart is a significant piece symbol in the story as it conveys suspense.

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The narrator admits to the murder because he felt heavily guilty of the killing. He could hear the old man's heartbeat when no one else could. "it is the beating of his hideous heart!”

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The reason why he admits this is due to the guilt and fear that builds up from his wrong doings.In the story is states"Villans!"I shreicked,"dissemble no more!I admit the deed!-tear up the planks!here,here!-it is the beating of his hideous heart."

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The reason why he admits this is due to the guilt and fear that builds up from his wrong doings.In the story is states"Villans!"I shreicked,"dissemble no more!I admit the deed!-tear up the planks!here,here!-it is the beating of his hideous heart."

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The heart symbolizes the guilt that the murder was feeling. Even when he/she killed the old man they still heard the heart strongly beating.
The significants is showing that he has some mortality in them even after murdering a human being.

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The heart could symbolize the guilt that the madman faces after killing the old man. Its continued beating shows how even when you kill someone, the old problem may go away, but it is replaced by new problems.

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"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! — and now — again! — hark! louder! louder!

louder! louder!"
They admit to the murder because they thought the police could hear the heart as well. They thought the police were mocking them

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he thought that they knew and that they were moking him. This made him go crazy and admit to the murder. "They were making a mockery of my horror!" BC JL

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he thought that they knew and that they were moking him. This made him go crazy and admit to the murder. "They were making a mockery of my horror!" BC JL

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The point of view impacts the story by revealing the narrator's innermost thoughts. Poe uses the first person point of view to show us how twisted the character is, fully believing that they are sane.

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"It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage. "
When a soldier hears music they're likely to be more motivated and ready to fight for their county. They're trying to communicate how quickly anger entered their mind.

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The heart symbolizes the guilt that the killer feels. Before he even killed the old man, he was hearing the heart beat. After he killed him he heard it when he was under stress about being found out. This is significant because it shows how the killer feels and it's important to him telling the police on himself.

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The figurative language I used was "my blood ran cold." This piece of figurative language impacts the section where the killer talks about how much he dislikes the eye and how much it makes him feel. This statement helps better describe the killers emotions towards the old mans "vulture eye".

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The heart could somehow symbolize itself as the horrors that chase him from his wrong past choices. The heart beating has great significance because it causes his fear to fill him and causes him to expose himself to the others.

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The heart could somehow symbolize itself as the horrors that chase him from his wrong past choices. The heart beating has great significance because it causes his fear to fill him and causes him to expose himself to the others.

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"I undid the lantern cautiously — oh, so cautiously — cautiously". This shows how careful the narrator was with the killing.

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"All in vain; because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black

shadow before him, and enveloped the victim." This is personification. It's personifying death to be a real living thing by giving it the abilty to do things like stalk, approach, and envelope. This quote introduces the fact that the man is dead and impacts the section of the text by showing how death had "taken him."

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"I undid the lantern cautiously — oh, so cautiously — cautiously" The repetition of cautiously emphasizes how careful and precise they were with the killing.

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The heart symbolizes the killer's guilt. He keeps hearing the heartbeat and eventually confesses to the police because his "guilt", the heartbeat, caused him to believe the police new he was guilty.

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The first person perspective gives us insight on the whole process of the killing and the killers thoughts. In any other point of view we wouldn't be able to understand the motive or the thought process throughout the whole thing. He chose this way of writing it for those reasons, and so the reader understands the story better.

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The heart symbolizes guilt. This is significant because it shows that the narrator is guilty of killing the old man.

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The use of first person point of view adds more of a maniacal sense and allows the reader to truly see how crazy the narrator is. It also helps the reader understand the thought process behind the murder.

A.T. and A.M.

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The point of view of the story impacts it by allowing us to undertand his thought process in driving him to murder the old man.
To help the readers closely better understand the murders desires in his act.

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"I think that it was his eye!... resembled that of a vulture."  in the grand scheme of things this is the reason why he killed him in the first place. Without this we wouldn't know how he felt about the eye.  BC JL

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"I think that it was his eye!... resembled that of a vulture."  in the grand scheme of things this is the reason why he killed him in the first place. Without this we wouldn't know how he felt about the eye.  BC JL

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The first person point of view impacts the story by revealing the madman's inner thoughts. This also shows what they thought throughout the killing.

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The point of view impacts the story by representing the killers thoughts and intentions to better create suspense in the story.

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The point of view impacts the story because if it were third person, the reader wouldn't be able to gain the same mindset as the narrator. Poe used first-person because it makes a bigger impact on the reader. It shows how the narrator feels and reveals motives more emotionally.

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The point of view impacts the story by showing the reader that the narrator is a madman. Poe used first person to show what the narrator thinks.

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The first person point of view enables the reader to some what understand and comprehend what/why the "killer" does these things to the Old Man.Not only that but it  gets the reader these more in-depth details to understand how crazy this murder/killing is.

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The first person point of view enables the reader to some what understand and comprehend what/why the "killer" does these things to the Old Man.Not only that but it  gets the reader these more in-depth details to understand how crazy this murder/killing is.

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The first person allows us to understand his thoughts and his drive on killing the old man. If it wasnt in first person then the meaning of the old mans killing might be different in which is vital to undrestand if he is crazy or just a killer. JL,BC

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The first person allows us to understand his thoughts and his drive on killing the old man. If it wasnt in first person then the meaning of the old mans killing might be different in which is vital to undrestand if he is crazy or just a killer. JL,BC

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The point of view impacts the story because of the way the speaker tells the story. Poe told the story like this to interest the reader by giving the killer's account of what happened.

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