The first time I read The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe was in 7th grade when I was at Clissold. When we read it then I was told what it was about and who the characters are. There was no room for our own interpretations then but a few days ago when we reread it in class we got to form our own ideas and thoughts. When I read it again it strayed from what I was told. I think the relationship between the old man and the narrator was a master servant relationship. In the story the narrator said when the man wakes up every morning he is there to greet him (which is servant behavior). Also to help this conclusion is after he killed the old man and the police came he had to explain and prove to them that he was supposed to be there. He also had to show them he didn’t take any of the man’s riches, a son or daughter would not have to prove that. He also knew where all his riches were which is what a servant would know. I also think the narrator is psychologically ill for one he mentioned he was burden with a disease in the first sentence and he keeps trying to prove to the readers that he is not crazy. While reading it though it seemed that the narrator was trying to convince himself more than us that he is not crazy. Since I think he is psychologically ill I think the whole murder was a dream, I don’t think he actually murdered the old man. I think in real life the vulture eye of the old man annoyed the narrator so much he dreamed about killing him. One reason I think it was a dream or a series of dreams is night after night he is stalking the man while he sleeps then when he wakes up he is there to greet him. When is he sleeping if he is up all day and night? How is he functioning with enough strength to kill someone? So I think he is stalking the man in his sleep every night then he finally kills him the dream on the ninth night. The evil eye bugs him so much in his conscience life that it also haunts his dream too enough to kill the old man who he said he loves in his dreams.
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