The Tell Tale Heart Mood
“The Tell-Tale Heart” Writing
“He had the eye of a vulture, a pale blue eye, whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold” (78). This quote is just one example of the cold and confining words that Edgar Allan Poe uses to define the mood of “The Tell-Tale Heart”. First, the text says, “I saw it with perfect distinctness, all a dull blue, with a hideous veil that chilled the very marrow in my bone” (81). This shows the mood of the story by using terrifying words like “chilled” and “hideous” to captivate the reader. Next, the text says, “In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. First, of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms, and the legs” (81). This shows the mood of the story
“He had the eye of a vulture, a pale blue eye, whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold” (78). This quote is just one example of the cold and confining words that Edgar Allan Poe uses to define the mood of “The Tell-Tale Heart”. First, the text says, “I saw it with perfect distinctness, all a dull blue, with a hideous veil that chilled the very marrow in my bone” (81). This shows the mood of the story by using terrifying words like “chilled” and “hideous” to captivate the reader. Next, the text says, “In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. First, of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms, and the legs” (81). This shows the mood of the story