In The Tell -Tale Heart, we follow an unnamed narrator through a murder plot. We’re not sure of the narrator’s gender, which Edgar Allen Poe likely intended. For today, let’s assume the ...

The sound—clearly a metaphor for the murderer’s tormenting shame and guilt—grows louder and louder. In the end, the narrator ...

I remember reading Poe’s short story, The Tell-Tale Heart, in high school. I won’t spoil the story for you, but it’s a ...