Plot of the story

This is a short story, which plot is devoted to a murderous plan and the murder itself. The main hero ( the story is 1st person narrative) states at the beginning of a story that he killed an old man.The story starts in medias res.After that,  he describes the reason of the murder and his perfectly-culculated plan.The further development of the events is next: the murder itself, hiding the body, inviting the police to the house and the confession. The author uses such type of speech as monologue, where the receiver of the information is not explicitely revealed. Such sevelopment of the story effects  the readers perception and feelings, evoking fear and disgust for the main hero. His manner of self-justification is both ridiculous and frightening. While reading, I felt some parellel  between Dostoyevski's " Crime and Punishment" as both heroes think that their actions are right and they are innocent. Poe's hero commits the murder in cold blood and after that is cheerful and praises himself for being so smart.

Setting of the story

Terrible cold wood? Haunted house full of bats? No, not like this. Just a small sombre chamber. A little room - the place of an unpredictible murder in cold blood. The main action takes place at midnight in this modest-sized room, which kept its frightening secret only few minutes...The room was "as black as pitch with the thich darkness for the shutters were close fastened through fear of robbers". The room seems to be filled with the precaution of the coming Death...The main hero uses the bed as weapon to kill an old man. And since the bed is the murder weapon, it seems  that the bedroom is the burial place. While reading a story, I felt a little gasping for breath and claustrophobic, my lungs lacked the air as this little chamber was absorbing it.

Haha, I doubt that this will ever be possible) KEEP CALM - definetely not a WORD for Poe's stories)

You can enjoy watching a small cartoon by Annette  Jung, 2006, based on Edgar Poe's story. I wish you nothing but a peaceful sleep after watching it. Let nothing disturb you*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDLLHTdVSgU

Author of the story

Edgar Allan Poe was an American author of XIXth century, belonging to the American Romantic movement. He is best known for his mystery tales. Edgar Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is generally considered to be the inventor of the detective fiction genre. His best known works are gothic, a genre he followed to appease the public taste. His most recurring themes deal with questions of death, effects of decomposition, the  reanimation of the dead and mourning ( dark romantism genre). Most famous works: "The Gold-Bug", "Hop-Frog", "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart". 

Impressions from the reading

That is incredible!!! The plot is ominously-frightening! It still gives me the shivers... The way author discribes unmerciful murder is amazing. I never thought that the reason of a murder would be...an EYE!

Me crazy? Not at all. Let me prove my sanity by describing how carefully and ingeniously I murdered my victim!

I chose a story "The Tell-Tale Heart"  because of two reasons. First, as I saw the author's name, I realised that it's going to be a spectacular story which won't be boring, as I've already read some of Edgar Poe's stories. Second, the  description of the story is very effective, so I'd like to know more about this CAREFULL MURDER)

The Tell-Tale Heart

by  Edgar Allan Poe

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