Most Evil Villain In The Landlady And The Tell-Tale Heart

The antagonist of the story would be the landlord, Rosemary and the other tenants of the home. This is because her portrayed way of life attracted the narrator to Rosemary’s house, which in return almost solely based his decision on living there. Later in the story Rosemary changed into another person that the main character almost could not recognize. With her change in appearance from vintage clothing to more updated clothing, as well as her almost disregard for her so much loved antiques when the main character first moved into the house. The other tenants, mainly the character Chaz, would constantly ridicule the main character and seem as if their lives were more how life should be lived.

An unreliable narrator is a narrator that necessarily cannot be trusted by the way they talk, and or the way they describe the way certain events occurred. You cannot believe everything an unreliable narrator says. Edgar Allan Poe’s narrators in “The Black Cat” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” are unreliable because they are both mentally ill or have a serious problem with drinking. When reading a story you want to know all the details correctly and an unreliable narrator can change your understanding of the story, which both of the narrators do in the two short stories. The narrator's show a lot of evidence that they are both unreliable because of their sicknesses.

   In Edgar Allen Poe's Short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" much is made of the "evil eye" of the old man. Immediately we are introduced to a man who would never hurt a fly. The narrator of the story even goes so far as to say he loved the old man. This old man is portrayed as one who would do anything for you. However, the caretaker of the old man has one small problem with the old man. The eye that darn evil eye! What could cause a person to become enraged by an eye and only one eye?

A unreliable narrator is someone who lies and deceives, the reader. In addition to that a narrator who is insane is also a unreliable narrator. In the short stories that we have read, including Strawberry Spring, by Stephen King where a mentally ill college student starts going on a killing spree during the strawberry spring where the winter warms and there is a lot of fog.The Yellow Wallpaper, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is which is about a hallucinating woman in a large estate where she is being held by her husband and being captivated in a room for her 0“sickness” of having oppressive thinking and ideas., and A Tell Tale Heart, by Edgar Allen Poe which is about a madman who watched a old man sleep for 7 days straight in the night and then killed him on the 8th because of his “vulture eye”. All of the narrators are mentally insane, therefore rendering each narrator unreliable. Each of which being in their own way. The most unreliable narrator is from A Tell Tale heart by Edgar Allen Poe because he is in denial about his mental health and rationalizes criminal behavior.

Horror is fiction that scares the audience or gives an eerie mood. Each short story develops horror is its own way. “The Tell Tale Heart” is about how an old man is murdered because of his evil vulture eye. “A Rose for Emily” is about how an old woman poisoned her lover to keep him from leaving. “The Lottery” is about how this town has a drawing to see who will be the sacrifice to the crops. Horror is developed in “The Tell Tale Heart,” “A Rose for Emily,” and “The Lottery” with many elements of horror.

The narrator in the story proves he is unreliable by swooning or passing out throughout the story. In the story the narrator says “The truth at length flashed upon me. In my first attempt at exploration I had counted fifty-two paces, up to the period when I fell; I must have been with within a pace or two of the fragments of serge; in fact, I had nearly performed the circuit of the vault. I then slept, and upon awakening, I must have returned upon my steps- thus supposing the circuit nearly double what it actually was” (Poe). This quote is a clear example of how he is unreliable because throughout the story you think the room is 50 yds long, then when the lights get turned on in the room and the narrator realizes that he was wrong. Edgar

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell Tale Heart” showcases a psychopathic narrator trying to convince the reader that he is sane by telling the reader his meticulous actions when he commits murder. This leads me to question exactly what traits one must have to be considered a psychopath. The article What is A Psychopath? By William Hirstein Ph.D states, “Psychopaths and sociopaths fall under the diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder, which may stem from a variety of genetic and environmental factors” (Hirstein n.p.).

In both The Tell –Tale Heart and The Black Cat the unreliable narrators are used to broaden the plot because of their askew mental compass. In The Black Cat the narrator was misusing and maltreating his pets because he had power over them and he could. One example of this is when the narrator cuts his cats eye out on one of his rages when the cat bit him. His idea of a punishment for his animals like cutting their eye out is against most people standards on how you would treat a cat or any animal, even if they inflicted a wound. In addition in The Tell-Tale Heart the narrator specifically killed a man to disburden himself of the mans eye. A murders moral compass is already messed up, but most of them kill for a reason whether it be out of

“The Tell-Tale Heart” In Edgar Allen Poe short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” the narrator is a credible villain to a certain extent. The narrator studied an old man numerous of nights to kill him for an eye not just any eye a “pale blue eye with film over it “; then he hid the body of the victim when the police questioned the young man he panicked and told on himself. A credible villain is someone who is a good villain , as in meets all the requirements for being a villain. The first reason I believe the young narrator is a credible villain because the narrator studied an old man sleeping every night at midnight , then the next morning after the study the narrator would act as if everything was normal.

There are 25 active serial killers and they collectively kill many people every year. Psychopaths don’t always kill people, but the ones that do kill many. The protagonist in “Tell Tale Heart” fits the description of a psychopathic serial killer because he appears normal, need for power and control, and lacks empathy.

Edgar Allen Poe writes in a first person narrative. I believe that he writes in this perspective to enhance the emotions a reader feels while reading the story as well as forcing the reader to interpret the story/situation on their own. For example, if Poe had written The Tell-Tale Heart from the third person narrative, he would of had to say phrases such as: “He heard an extreme ringing in his ear… He felt very guilty... “ Instead, Poe puts the reader in the shoes of the main character.

In “The Tell Tale Heart” Edgar Allen Poe uses indirect characterization so that readers can infer that the narrator of the short story is egotistical and psychotic. One major way Edgar Allen Poe uses indirect characterization is when the narrator is describing the events that lead up to him killing the man and writes, “Oh , you would have laughed at to see how cunningly I thrust it in” (1), From this quote aswell readers can infer that he is egotistical and thinks highly of himself. Furthermore Edgar Allen Poe shows that the narrator is egotistical is when the narrator is talking to the police and leads them into the room where he hide the body and writes “in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath

Poe has a history of presenting characters with personal flaws who often confess to atrocious deeds. Both The Tell-Tale Heart and The Black Cat tell the story of a seemingly senseless murder complicated by the vaugery of preternatural occurrences. The reader is forced to question whether or not they should believe what they are being told. Both of these narrators, the wife killer and the landlord killer, are unreliable and have a similar theme. The narrators are both mentally unstable however their conditions vary. The psychological implications of each character's’ attitude suggests while both are crazy, one is a sociopath and the other is a psychopath.

John Green once said, “It's quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see,” a fitting quote to define the works of American author, Edgar Allen Poe, known for his short stories written in the 1800’s. Famous works include “The Black Cat”, “The Tell-Tale Heart”, and “Berenice" before his untimely death in 1849. Often ridiculed for his absurd stories, Poe was fueled by his many losses in his childhood, including his mother and wife, and alcoholism. Many of his stories are that of the horror genre and often uses an unreliable character. Just as some of his most famous characters, Poe was seen as a mentally unstable man who was burdened by the hardships of his life. Through unreliable narratives, Poe emphasizes fear in the thin line

In every story there is always a person who everybody considers a villain. A villain isn't always the least favorite character in a story, but in most cases they're the one character most readers dislike. The evil step mother in Cinderella, Lady Tremaine is one of the best villains of all time in my perspective. She's a villain who has always caught my attention. She once said, "You needn't call me that. Madam will do." (Perrault). The evil stepmother had always been cruel even with her own two daughters, and their father. She's a high maintenance kind of women.