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Short Story.no.8.The Tell Tale Heart
This story describes the cold blooded murder of an old man.The Narrator of the story himself is the killer.He killed an old man just for his deep psychological aversion to the old man s eye.The old man s eye resembled that of vulture.It had a pale blue film over it.The narrator was allergic to his ugly eye.So he decided to close that eye for ever.He murdered the old man and chopped his body into pieces and deposited these pieces under the wooden floor of his room.
Some neighbour informed the police on hearing the shriek of the old man.The police party came to his house to investigate the matter.He satisfied the police by his clever tricks.In the meantime his heart beat became fast.He could hear the ringing noise in his ears.The ringing became more distinct.At length he confessed his crime pressed by the voice of pricking conscience.
The story is full of horror and suspense.The details of murder and depositing and chopping the dead body are horrible.It also brings out how shamefully the murders are committed in this world.In every day life we see how people kill each other for minor reasons.
This story describes the cold blooded murder of an old man.The Narrator of the story himself is the killer.He killed an old man just for his deep psychological aversion to the old man s eye.The old man s eye resembled that of vulture.It had a pale blue film over it.The narrator was allergic to his ugly eye.So he decided to close that eye for ever.He murdered the old man and chopped his body into pieces and deposited these pieces under the wooden floor of his room.
Some neighbour informed the police on hearing the shriek of the old man.The police party came to his house to investigate the matter.He satisfied the police by his clever tricks.In the meantime his heart beat became fast.He could hear the ringing noise in his ears.The ringing became more distinct.At length he confessed his crime pressed by the voice of pricking conscience.
The story is full of horror and suspense.The details of murder and depositing and chopping the dead body are horrible.It also brings out how shamefully the murders are committed in this world.In every day life we see how people kill each other for minor reasons.
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