The narrator is
afraid of being seen as mad or insane
, but beneath that lies his almost unbearable fear of his own terrors. He projects them on to the old man: Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror.
What were the narrators fear?
The narrator was scared
as the murder weapon belonged to him
. Although, it was in self-defense that he killed the other person, the fact was that he was a murderer and he could be booked by law.
What does the narrator fear and why?
What does the narrator fear?
That he is going to get caught and that the officers hear the noises he is hearing
.
What is the narrator’s ultimate fear?
The narrator fears
the moral horrors more
. He says in lines 207–210 that his “nerves had been unstrung” and that he is a “fitting subject” for moral horrors.
Why does the narrator fear the old man’s eye?
In “The Tell-Tale Heart,” the narrator hates the old man’s eye
because it irrationally torments him
. The eye is compared to a “vulture eye” and reflects the narrator’s own cold, predatory nature.
Why is the narrator scared of the eye?
The narrator describes the old man’s eye as that of a vulture’s. This suggests that the narrator would
fear the old man tremendously because his
‘vulture’ eye is watching him, waiting for him to keel-over so he can feast.
Why does Poe have the narrator compare the old man’s eye to the eye of a vulture?
So, for the narrator to compare the old man’s eye to a vulture, it
could represent the coming death of the old man, and how his time is soon over
. Also, the narrator himself could have felt the prey of the old man. A vulture is very a watchful, threatening bird.
What was the narrators greatest fear?
The greatest fear of the narrator as
he moved towards the school was to get scolded by his teacher because of being late at school
.
What was Franz greatest fear?
Answer: Franz is fear bcz he always go to school late and m. hamel ask question in participals but Franz don’t no any answer. so Franz feared
to move towards school
..
Why was the narrator sorry to have paid attention to the footsteps?
Why was the narrator sorry to have paid attention to the footsteps? Answer:
The imagination of the ghost getting into his house lead to a commotion
. … So the narrator was sorry to have paid attention to the footsteps.
What kind of death does the narrator associate with the pit?
4a. What kind of death does he associate with the pit? He associates
death of hideous moral horrors like hell
.
What do we secretly fear the pit and the pendulum?
The narrator of “The Pit and the Pendulum” fears the
possibility of a painful death and torture
. In “The Minister’s Black Veil”, the main character, Mr. Hooper, fears the unknown possibility of punishment for his secret sins.
When he comes to after fainting What does the narrator remember?
When he comes to after fainting, what does the narrator remember?
That tall figures had carried him down stairs to the place of darkness, dampness and fearfulness
. Why is the narrator afraid of being in the darkness? Not being able to see anything is more terrifying than actually seeing something.
Why does the narrator develop intense hatred against the old man?
He clearly mentions that he is not after the old man or his wealth and gold but what irritates him is the Evil Eye of the old man.
Whenever he sees them his blood boils
. Because of this reason the narrator develops intense hatred and plans to get rid of the eye as soon as possible.
What does the old man’s eye remind the narrator of?
The heart beat
can symbolize the narrator’s fear of the crime he just committed and the fear that, even in death, the old man is still watching him. … The old man’s ‘vulture’ eye (the eye that waits for him to die) reminds him of this. So by killing the old man, he rids himself of his mortality.
Why is the narrator irritated with the old man in the story Tell Tale Heart?
For some unknown reason, the narrator is
bothered by the old man’s cloudy
, pale blue eye, which has incited madness in the narrator. Whenever the old man looks at him, his blood turns cold, and he becomes determined to kill him to get rid of this curse. … With a yell, he leaps into the room and kills the old man.
