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was
born
onJanuary19,1809,inBoston,Massachusetts,thesonofindigentactors.Atagethree,whenhisparentsdied,PoewastakeninbyJohnAllan,amerchantfromRichmond,Virginia.HeattendedaprivateschoolinEnglandwherehelivedwiththeAllansbetween1815and1820.AfterreturningtoAmerica,hecontinuedprivateschoolinguntil1826,whenheenteredtheUniversityofVirginia.However,hewasforcedtoleaveafterlessthanayearbecauseofgamblingdebtswhichJohnAllanrefusedtopay.
After
quarreling
withhisguardian,PoewenttoBostonwhere,underanassumedname,hejoinedthearmy.Afewmonthslater,attheageof18,hisfirstcollectionofpoems,privatelyfinanced,waspublished.In1829,afterthedeathofJohnAllan'
swife,Poewasdischargedfromthearmy.Hereconciledwithhisguardian,andreceivedanappointmenttoWestPoint.However,becauseAllenwouldnotsupporthimadequately(andbecausehedidnotlikemilitarylife)hepurposelyneglectedhisdutiestogethimselfdismissedfromtheacademy.
then
went
to
Baltimore,whereheresidedwithhisimpoverishedauntandheryoungdaughter,Virginia.In1832hebeganhiscareerasawriterofbizarreandromanticshortstoriesbypublishing'
Metzengerstein,'
ataleaboutfeudingfamiliesandsupernaturalrevenge.However,hisfirstrealsuccesscamethefollowingyearwhenhis'
MS.FoundinaBottle,'
aneerietaleaboutashipwreckandghostlyseamen,wona$50prizefromaBaltimorenewspaper.Moreimportantly,itwonhimrecognitionandledtoapositionasaneditoronamonthlymagazinepublishedinRichmond.
In
1836,
married
hiscousinVirginia,whowasnotquite14yearsoldatthetime,andin1837,aftertheendofhiseditorship,heandhischildbrideandhermothermovedtoPhiladelphia.Poesoonpublishedtheonlynovel-lengthfictionheeverwrote,TheNarrativeofArthurGordonPym,aramblingadventureyarnfilledwithmutinyatsea,shipwreck,cannibalism,fierceSouthSeanatives,andavoyagetotheSouthPole.
Between
1838
and
1849,theyearhedied,PoewasatthecenterofmagazinepublishinginAmerica,servingastheeditorofseveraljournalsandwritingreviews,criticalarticles,stories,andmiscellaneouspieceswhichwonhimadmirationforhiscriticalacumen.Hismostfamousworks—includinggothichorrorstoriessuchas'
TheFalloftheHouseofUsher'
and'
Ligeia,'
detectivestories,suchas'
MurdersintheRueMorgue'
ThePurloinedLetter,'
andtalesofobsessionsuchas'
TheBlackCat'
TheTell-TaleHeart'
—allwerepublishedduringthisperiod.Healsoearnedgreatfameandwideacclaimwithpoemssuchas'
TheRaven.'
II
OVERVIEW
'
The
Tell-Tale
Heart'
isoneofanumberofPoestoriesthatfocusonanobsessedprotagonist/narrator.Indeed,whatholdsthestorytogetherandholdstheattentionofthereaderisthesingle-mindedvoiceofthemadmanwho,evenashedenieshismadness,tellsastorythatconfirmsit.Poe'
suseofafirst-personnarratorobsessivelyrecountingapasteventisanimportantelementinhiscontributiontotheshortstoryformasahighlyunifiedaestheticentity.
Poe'
s
theory
that
everyelementinashortprosestoryshouldcontributetoitsoveralleffectisexemplifiedbythefactthattheprotagonist/narratorisobsessivelyconcernedwithhisirrationaldesiretokilltheoldmanbecauseoftheoldman'
seyeandbyhisrationalmethodofproceeding.Poe'
sstoriesareoftencharacterizedbyapsychologicalmaniaheldincheckbytherationalcontrolofthenarrativestructureofthestoryitself.Thenarratorinsiststhathislogicalplottokilltheoldmanandthecalmwayhetellsthestoryareevidenceofhissanity.ThisreflectsPoe'
sprimarynarrativemethod.
III
SETTING
As
is
usually
the
casewithfirst-personnarratives,therearemultiplesettingstothestory.Theactionoftherecountedtaletakesplaceinthehousethenarratorshareswiththeoldman.Atthesametime,thenarratoristellingthestoryfromeitheraprisonoraninsaneasylumwherehehasbeenincarcerated.Butevenmoreimportantly,thesettingisactuallyinsidetheobsessedmindofthenarratorhimself,forthecrucialclimacticeventofthestory—hishearingthebeatingofthedeadman'
sheart—takeplacesolelywithinhisowntorturedimagination.
IV
THEMESANDCHARACTERS
Although
there
are
twocharactersinvolvedinthestory—anoldmanandtheyoungermanwholiveswithhim—itisreallyaboutasinglecharacter.Anexaminationofthenatureofthenarrator'
sobsessionshowshowPoesetsupthisstoryaboutasplitpsyche.Thenarratorinsiststhathelovestheoldman,hasnopersonalanimositytowardhim,doesnotwanthismoney,andhasnotbeeninjuredbyhim.Instead,hesayshewishestokilltheoldmanbecause
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