Question: The discussion today in your class did not end with the argument that the narrator was a mad man or not. How do you justify your stance? (The narrator was mad or not mad)
Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. He wrote about tales of mystery and macabre. One of his famous tales is “The Tell – Tale Heart” which is a story of a man who kills an old man with a vulture eyes. Someone said that the narrator in that story was a mad man because they think that no one kills a person just because of his eyes, but some refused the judgment that the narrator really was a mad man. In my stance, I believed that the narrator was not a mad man.
Firstly, a mad man cannot detail the story clearly. In the tale, the narrator proved that he was not mad by telling a story of killing an old man. For example, he recognized that the old man was a lovely man and he loved the old man. Besides, he could describe the eyes of the old man in detail. In each of his action, the narrator could remember and define them. He also treated the old man well. I had witnessed a mad man telling a story. There were many conflict in the way he talked. The narrator in the tale can tell the story logically and we cannot find out any conflict in his story. In short, the narrator was not a mad man.
Secondly, due to his perfect plan of killing the old man, the narrator again demonstrated that he was no a mad man. The motivation led to killing of the old man is the vulture eyes so he mad a perfect plan. For seven nights, the narrator went into the old man’s room and put in a lantern in order for the light beam to shine the old man’s eyes, but he did not succeed. At 8th night, the narrator mad some noise so the old man woke up. As usual, the narrator put in the lantern and it shone the vulture eyes. The narrator killed the old man, cut off his body and hided them under the floor. He effaced all vestiges as well. In addition, he was so confident that he invited three policemen to come and sit into the old man’s room for chatting. Once again, his plan justified for that he was not a mad man.
Finally, a mad man cannot confess his guilty action. At the end of the story, the narrator heard a dreadful ticking noise that made him not withstand anymore and admit his crime. He thought that the noise was from the pulsing heart of the old man. The narrator had enough cognition and awareness to notice that his action is blameworthy. From the bottom of his heart, he felt the gnawing of conscience. That made him avow his sin. In brief, the narrator cannot be a mad man because of his awareness about wrongdoing.
Generally, in the tale, the narrator proved that he was not a mad man due to three things. First, a mad man cannot detail the story logical, but the narrator can. Second, a mad man cannot make a perfect-killing plan, but the narrator can. Thirdly, a mad man cannot notice his action, but the narrator can. After this tale, we have learned that in each of our action, if we do something wrong or guilty, we shall pay for it.
Composed by Vo Chi Trung
Edgar Allan Poe (1809 – 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. He wrote about tales of mystery and macabre. One of his famous tales is “The Tell – Tale Heart” which is a story of a man who kills an old man with a vulture eyes. Someone said that the narrator in that story was a mad man because they think that no one kills a person just because of his eyes, but some refused the judgment that the narrator really was a mad man. In my stance, I believed that the narrator was not a mad man.
Firstly, a mad man cannot detail the story clearly. In the tale, the narrator proved that he was not mad by telling a story of killing an old man. For example, he recognized that the old man was a lovely man and he loved the old man. Besides, he could describe the eyes of the old man in detail. In each of his action, the narrator could remember and define them. He also treated the old man well. I had witnessed a mad man telling a story. There were many conflict in the way he talked. The narrator in the tale can tell the story logically and we cannot find out any conflict in his story. In short, the narrator was not a mad man.
Secondly, due to his perfect plan of killing the old man, the narrator again demonstrated that he was no a mad man. The motivation led to killing of the old man is the vulture eyes so he mad a perfect plan. For seven nights, the narrator went into the old man’s room and put in a lantern in order for the light beam to shine the old man’s eyes, but he did not succeed. At 8th night, the narrator mad some noise so the old man woke up. As usual, the narrator put in the lantern and it shone the vulture eyes. The narrator killed the old man, cut off his body and hided them under the floor. He effaced all vestiges as well. In addition, he was so confident that he invited three policemen to come and sit into the old man’s room for chatting. Once again, his plan justified for that he was not a mad man.
Finally, a mad man cannot confess his guilty action. At the end of the story, the narrator heard a dreadful ticking noise that made him not withstand anymore and admit his crime. He thought that the noise was from the pulsing heart of the old man. The narrator had enough cognition and awareness to notice that his action is blameworthy. From the bottom of his heart, he felt the gnawing of conscience. That made him avow his sin. In brief, the narrator cannot be a mad man because of his awareness about wrongdoing.
Generally, in the tale, the narrator proved that he was not a mad man due to three things. First, a mad man cannot detail the story logical, but the narrator can. Second, a mad man cannot make a perfect-killing plan, but the narrator can. Thirdly, a mad man cannot notice his action, but the narrator can. After this tale, we have learned that in each of our action, if we do something wrong or guilty, we shall pay for it.
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