(hallucinations).” In paragraph nine the narrator claims the sound he hears is the beating of the old man’s heart. “ I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as enveloped in cotton. I knew that sound well, too. It was the beating of the old man’s heart.” The narrator hears something that no other human could hear from a distanced.
The last example of obsessive behavior are “excessive fears, worries and anxieties.” In paragraph six and ten the narrator talks about the man’s terror. “Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror.” “ The old man’s terror must have been extreme!” The speaker fears the terror