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Who Is The Protagonist In The Tell Tale Heart

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The Tell-Tale Heart In the story "The Tell-Tale Heart" do you think the Narrator is guilty of 1st degree murder or not guilty for reason of insanity. The Narrator is definitely guilty of 1st degree murder. In the story , the killing was primitive cause of the creepy eye in the begging of the story the Narrator hated the eye. The eye was huge and was the eye of a voltur. He loved the old man but the eye bothered him so much, and he had to do something about it. The eye creeped him out because it looked like a eye of a vulture and pale blue with a film over it. It stated In page_____ "whenever upon me my blood ran cold and so by degrees very gradually". The Narrator made up his mind to take the life of the old man so he could rid himself …show more content…

The narrator cleaned up all the blood so careful so it could look like if nothing ever happen.In page___ in stated ," There was nothing to wash out--no stain of any kind, no blood spot of whatever. "The Narrator was so deliberate of the stalking.The Narrator was so carful every midnight he would go into the old mans rooIt stated in page____it stated, ''Ha! would a madman have been so wise as this when my head was well in the room, I undid the lantern cautiously oh, so cautiously hinges undid it just so much that a single thin ray fell upon the vulture eye." He would always sneak up on the old man and open the door, and with the lantern check if the EYE is …show more content…

The Narrator chopped up the body into pieces.He cut it so it would be easy to hid the body and no on will find it. It stated in page___, .I cut off the head and the arms and the legs."It states in FindLaw.com it states," In most states, first-degree murder is defined as an unlawful killing that is both willful and premeditated, meaning that it was committed after planning or "lying in wait" for the victim."The Narrator was so reckless he cleaned all the blood that gushed out the old mans body. Its reckless how he killed the old man and enjoyed it and didn’t feel no type of pain at all. The Narrator was so happy cause they eye would not bother him no more.The Narrator picked up the nasty bloody pieces of the old man, and put them in the floor so no one will find

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