Thematic Essay 'The Tell-Tale Heart'

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The Tell-Tale Heart Thematic Essay

“TRUE!--nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The Narrator known to be psychologically weak is his personal worst enemy to fear from the actions made toward the Old man. As recalling being inspired to kill the old man who he was living with serving as a caretaker, due to the Vulture eye or as he calls it the Old man’s "Evil eye”. He also describes the type of murder he committed but then feels guilty about it which affects him in some mentally ways causing him to turn himself into the authorities due to his mental issues.

In the Second paragraph, it informed that the old man had never given him insult towards him or anything problematical and
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