Edgar Allen Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart"
Ever meet someone who's piercing eye makes you think he knows your deepest darkest secrets? And everytime you walk in the room all you could notice is that judgmental look staring deep into your soul?The man is a gentleman. He never says anything out loud. But he knows. And it's just a matter of time until he spills his guts...
Tell-Tale Heart such a great story, perfectly read (by Miller J.R.), and wonderfully GoAnimated by Epic.
Poe's narrator goes out of his way to let us know he's not insane. He seems to be possessed by guilt and is fixated on the old man's eye.
GoAnimate.com: The Tell-Tale heart by Epic
He seemed to be waiting to kill the old man, but we're never really sure why. The old man's eye seems to represent his guilt and the beating of the old man's heart as the killer's anxiety and madness. He believes he needs to take the old man's life and believes it is the only thing that will make the paranoia stop. He kills the old man and burries him under the floor boards.Burying his guilt once and for all.
When the police show up, he believes he can be cool. He's over-confident and invites them in, almost challenging fate. But then the heart starts beating again. His subconscious is working him into a frenzy. It's so strong he believes the police officers can even hear it and reveals himself as the killer.
An insane man is sane in his own mind.
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