Thursday, May 2, 2013

Please provide an example of how a creepy mood is created in "The Tell-Tale Heart."EXAMPLE: Description of the old man's eye--the eye of a vulture....

It is clear that in this masterful short story, Poe
creates an atmosphere and mood of terror and fear. Certainly there are plenty of ways in
which he does this, but you might want to consider a description from the middle of the
story, whilst the narrator is in the room of the old man and is contemplating his eye,
waiting to kill him. Suddenly, he is able to hear the heartbeat of the old man, thanks
to the acuteness of his senses he has:


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Meaning the hellish tattoo of the heart
increased. It grew quicker and quicker, and louder and louder every instant. The old
man's terror must have been extreme! It grew louder, I say, louder every
moment!



Consider how the
description of the "hellish tattoo" of the old man's heart that the narrator is able to
hear, and how it becomes louder and quicker every second, helps raise suspense for what
is going to happen and also conveys the severe terror of the old man, who knows that
someone is in the room with him and is terrified. Thus the mood of fear and terror is
sustained in this section of the short story.

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