The Tell-Tale Heart
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"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a classic Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe that explores guilt and madness through the unreliable narration of a murderer haunted by the imagined beating of his victim’s heart.
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| instanceOf |
Gothic fiction work
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horror fiction work → short story → |
| adaptedAs |
animated films
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radio dramas → short films → stage plays → |
| antagonistRole |
old man
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| author |
Edgar Allan Poe
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| collectedIn |
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque (later editions and collections)
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| firstPublicationDate |
1843
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| firstPublishedIn |
The Pioneer
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| genre |
Gothic fiction
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detective precursor → psychological horror → |
| hasWikipediaPage |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tell-Tale_Heart
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| influenced |
detective and crime fiction traditions
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modern psychological horror → |
| language |
English
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| literaryDevice |
foreshadowing
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imagery → irony → repetition → symbolism → |
| literaryMovement |
American Romanticism
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| mainTheme |
conscience
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guilt → madness → paranoia → the nature of evil → |
| narrativePointOfView |
first-person narration
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| narrativeTechnique |
unreliable narrator
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| notableMotif |
beating heart
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vulture eye → |
| partOfSchoolCurriculumIn |
United States
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other English-speaking countries → |
| plotElement |
body hidden under floorboards
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confession driven by imagined sound → dismemberment of the body → murder of an old man → visit from police officers → |
| protagonistRole |
unnamed narrator
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| setting |
the old man’s house
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| settingPeriod |
19th century
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| tone |
claustrophobic
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psychologically intense → tense → |
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Edgar Allan Poe → |
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The Tell-Tale Heart
("https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tell-Tale_Heart")
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