The tell-tale heart

 

The Tell-Tale Heart is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843.

It tells us about a mentally sick man, (however, in the beginning, he narrates the story as if he's mentally stable or sane) who develops a precise and perfect plan for killing an old man with a vulture, pale blue eye. The author uses a variety of literary elements like descriptions, planning, or even ironies. The guy entered the old man's house for seven days and saw him sleeping. On the eighth day, he kills the old man by laying him down and throwing his head over him. After all, three policemen appeared and started chatting with the murderer. The author was a little bit calm and relaxed but started getting nervous and anxious. After hearing a disturbing ringing and noises he didn't find a more viable solution than admitting he killed the old man.

I chose this story to remark on the mastery of the author by writing the story, he precisely uses every element and resource in order to add mystery and horror, while the story develops. It's certainly something unprecedented for me, as I've never read this type and genre of "The Tell-Tale heart".