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The Tell-Tale- Heart - Edgar Allan Poe - Coggle Diagram
The Tell-Tale- Heart - Edgar Allan Poe
One setting, one short period of time
The place from where the murderer tells the story (psychologist, prison)
One week, murder and arrest happen on the same day
The house that the murder shares with the old man
The incident
the maniac can't stand the old man's eye
kills him one night and cuts him to pieces, hiding him under the floor
Limited number of characters, clash of characters, revealing their state of mind at some single moment
Old man
2 policemen
Maniac
neighbour
Simple plot (single turning-point)
Can't stand his "vulture eye"
Kills him, cuts him, hides him,
Plans out the murder of the old man by sneeking into his bedroom for one week straight, practising to be invisible and quiet
During the murder, the old man shrieked briefly
neighbour was alarmed, called the police, they searched the house but couldn't find anything, didn't suspect a thing
turning point: he admits everything because he assumes that the policemen can also hear the beating heart
Build up suspense towards the end
silently the maniac can hear a ringing in his ears
grows louder and louder
beathing of his hideous heart
repetition of keywords and leitmotifs
much such sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton
madman, madness
vulture eye