Tell Tale Heart Mood Analysis

The overall mood of the story, “Tell-Tale Heart” is suspenseful. First, the text says.”...Every night around midnight I turned the latch of his door… I looked in on him while slept waiting for him to open his eye, I did so for seven nights.” The shows me that the mood of the story is suspenseful because, for seven nights he had the chance to kill the only man but he didn’t, so it makes you wonder why. Next, the text says,”It was the eighth, I had my head in when my thumb slipped upon opening the lantern… The old man sprang out of bed… I kept quiet, not moving a muscle for an hour.” This is suspenseful because, you know he is going to kill the old man on this night, but when will he strike. Finally, the text says,”...Why would they not be gone.