Examples Of Insane In The Tell Tale Heart

Insane or guilty? Good morning your honor and ladies and gentlemen of the jury, today is the day that the defendant in Edgar Allen Poe’s “ The Tell-Tale Heart” is proven to be insane; using the McNaughton rule the caretaker should be placed in a state hospital for the criminally insane. The McNaughton is a standard to be applied by the jury, after hearing medical testimony from prosecution and defense experts, It states that a presumption of sanity, unless the defense proved otherwise. The caretaker should be considered insane because he mentally shows his reaction for the death of the victim he killed, “ I then smiled gaily,to find the deed so far done”(93), this evidence states how he felt pleasure for the death of the victim but, also “ I smiled,-for what had i to fear?”(93), also states his affection involving mind not having any fear of his murder. Usually the opposing side would say that his thoughts only proved how he was
The suspect had a personality of pain and suffer , he wasn't considered normal he had experienced different issues. “ it was the beating of the old man's heart, It increased my fury,as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage”(92). This explains how he had some type of anxiety, or it relieved him if he did this . if he was sane he would have planned the death and he would have been prepared, What would you choose insane or sane?
The way the suspect spoke it explained how he acts or how he choose what he said , the victim was a simple old man who had a blue eye with a veil over it ,it bothered the suspect so he decided to kill him. “ I was never kinder to the old man then during the whole week before i killed him” (90) , but the sane examples would explain how he is a normal guy who was bothered by something so simple and he decided to just kill him , in advance of being