Which detail from "The Tell-Tale Heart" best explores the psychology of the narrator?

A) "I had my head in, and was about to open the lantern, when my thumb slipped upon the tin fastening, and the old man sprang up in in bed, crying out-'Who's there?'"

B) "And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?-now, I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I knew that sound well, too."

C) "The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation. He was stone dead."

D) "A shriek had been heard by a neighbour during the night; suspicion of foul play had been aroused; information had been lodged at the police office, and they (the officers) had been deputed to search the premises."

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Zariah Horn

18 April, 17:14

Which detail from "The Tell-Tale Heart" best explores the psychology of the narrator?

A) "I had my head in, and was about to open the lantern, when my thumb slipped upon the tin fastening, and the old man sprang up in in bed, crying out-'Who's there?'"

B) "And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?-now, I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I knew that sound well, too."

C) "The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation. He was stone dead."

D) "A shriek had been heard by a neighbour during the night; suspicion of foul play had been aroused; information had been lodged at the police office, and they (the officers) had been deputed to search the premises."

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Clark Bullock · Answer 1

The Answer is B

"And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?-now, I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I knew that sound well, too."