The Tell-Tale Heart
In Edgar Allan Poe's story, The Tell-Tale Heart, what is it that the heart tells?
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gmonk
Last updated by
Jill W
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What the narrator perceives to be the old man's heartbeat is actually a manifestation of his own guilt and the foreshadowing of his confession.
The Tell-Tale Heart