Topic: In your point of view, was the confession of the narrator at the end of the story meaningful?
Composed by Nguyen Thi Hong Hue
In “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, most the narrator’s actions are described in the darkness. However, until the end of the story, there’s an honest light which go out from the narrator when he makes the confession to policemen. In my point of view, this confession of the narrator is very meaningful. It shows that the narrator is still a human being, the truth is always displayed and the confession of the narrator is also advice from the author.
The first meaning of the confession is that the narrator is still a human being. “A human being” that I mention here is the personality of a person. In fact, it’s difficult for someone who can say a confession whenever he or she does something wrong with other people. The narrator in this story is too. He is a good man. He takes care of the old man and he also loves him. Maybe he fears the old man’s eyes so much, so he reacts by killing the old man. Although his action is very terrible, the good part of himself is rising up in his thinking. His agony doesn’t permit him continuing to down into the darkness more. Immediately, he yells out “Villains!” “Dissemble no more! I admit the deed!” The confession of the narrator is uttered from his own mouth strongly and clearly. His honest nature pulls him back to the personality of a human.
The other meaning of the confession is that the truth is always displayed. In our life, there is a lot of guilt which is presenting at every time in everywhere around us such as stealing, killing, deceiving…All of these crimes are acted under the cleverest ways. However, the justice always wins and the truth is always shown outside. Because the truth is created by human, so it’s also revealed by human. Actually, when we do something wrong, we think a lot and plan very carefully to hide our mistakes. But we often leave some small vestiges in some places that we don’t really want at all. However, the narrator in this story is very successful with his own killing plan. He doesn’t leave any vestige which can make policemen doubt him. So what is his the vestige of the crime? That is himself. It’s sound impossible, but that’s true. He tries to hide any evidence but he can’t believe that he is also a proof. He cannot hide himself because the images, the sounds and the actions in the progress of killing the old man always accuse him. Once again, the truth wins the false.
Last but not least, the confession of the narrator is also the advice from the author. He wants to send us a message accepting properties, characteristics and even bad habits of other people with heart. From that, we will not be like the narrator in this story. The narrator just notices to the old man’s eyes which made him fear from his own feeling. He doesn’t care about what the old man made for him. Maybe the old man also loves him in other ways that he didn’t know. Thus, the confession of the narrator reminds us about responsibility. We know that nobody is perfect. In fact, maybe each of us knows about Britney Spears singer. She is called the princess of the pop music and she gets a lot of success in her job. But besides the success that she gets, there are some scandals about her life style. Therefore, anyone has some mistakes in this field or others. However, the most important thing is that we can admit our mistakes or not. To the narrator, he accepts the present and is responsible for the crime that he did.
In brief, the author was very clever in describing the confession of the narrator meaningful through the voice of the heart. This confession helps us realize that everyone has a good part inside their human being though they are cruel or bad. The good part of the narrator is his own the confession. So what is the good part in us?
The first meaning of the confession is that the narrator is still a human being. “A human being” that I mention here is the personality of a person. In fact, it’s difficult for someone who can say a confession whenever he or she does something wrong with other people. The narrator in this story is too. He is a good man. He takes care of the old man and he also loves him. Maybe he fears the old man’s eyes so much, so he reacts by killing the old man. Although his action is very terrible, the good part of himself is rising up in his thinking. His agony doesn’t permit him continuing to down into the darkness more. Immediately, he yells out “Villains!” “Dissemble no more! I admit the deed!” The confession of the narrator is uttered from his own mouth strongly and clearly. His honest nature pulls him back to the personality of a human.
The other meaning of the confession is that the truth is always displayed. In our life, there is a lot of guilt which is presenting at every time in everywhere around us such as stealing, killing, deceiving…All of these crimes are acted under the cleverest ways. However, the justice always wins and the truth is always shown outside. Because the truth is created by human, so it’s also revealed by human. Actually, when we do something wrong, we think a lot and plan very carefully to hide our mistakes. But we often leave some small vestiges in some places that we don’t really want at all. However, the narrator in this story is very successful with his own killing plan. He doesn’t leave any vestige which can make policemen doubt him. So what is his the vestige of the crime? That is himself. It’s sound impossible, but that’s true. He tries to hide any evidence but he can’t believe that he is also a proof. He cannot hide himself because the images, the sounds and the actions in the progress of killing the old man always accuse him. Once again, the truth wins the false.
Last but not least, the confession of the narrator is also the advice from the author. He wants to send us a message accepting properties, characteristics and even bad habits of other people with heart. From that, we will not be like the narrator in this story. The narrator just notices to the old man’s eyes which made him fear from his own feeling. He doesn’t care about what the old man made for him. Maybe the old man also loves him in other ways that he didn’t know. Thus, the confession of the narrator reminds us about responsibility. We know that nobody is perfect. In fact, maybe each of us knows about Britney Spears singer. She is called the princess of the pop music and she gets a lot of success in her job. But besides the success that she gets, there are some scandals about her life style. Therefore, anyone has some mistakes in this field or others. However, the most important thing is that we can admit our mistakes or not. To the narrator, he accepts the present and is responsible for the crime that he did.
In brief, the author was very clever in describing the confession of the narrator meaningful through the voice of the heart. This confession helps us realize that everyone has a good part inside their human being though they are cruel or bad. The good part of the narrator is his own the confession. So what is the good part in us?
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