![]() Ha! would a madman have been so wise as this, And then, when my head was well in the room, I undid the lantern cautiously-oh, so cautiously-cautiously (for the hinges creaked)-I undid it just so much that a single thin ray fell upon the vulture eye. It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed. Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in! I moved it slowly-very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man's sleep. And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it-oh so gently! And then, when I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed, that no light shone out, and then I thrust in my head. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded-with what caution-with what foresight-with what dissimulation I went to work! I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold and so by degrees-very gradually-I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it. It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily-how calmly I can tell you the whole story. ![]() I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. True!-nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses-not destroyed-not dulled them. You should visit Browse Happy and update your internet browser today! In the end, the narrator shouts out his confession and they dig up the floor to find the body parts of the old man.The embedded audio player requires a modern internet browser. In fact, they are easily duped by the narrator’s calm demeanor and end up chatting with him for a long time. They are jovial and do not suspect foul play when they meet the narrator. ![]() There are three policemen that come to the murder scene to enquire about the noise complaints. There seems to be no more knowledge about his character or social life as he dies without revealing much about his life. That makes him an easy target for the narrator and ends up being murdered mercilessly in his own room. He seems to be a quiet and lonely person and probably lives alone in his room. However, he has one ugly looking pale eye and that creates a problem in the mind of the narrator. He seems to be on good terms with the narrator and is, by all means, a good person. ![]() The old man is a person of great suspense. However, the guilt wrecks him from inside and he ends up confessing his crime in front of the policemen on the scene. He manages to plot a scheme and ends up killing the man one night. He is obsessively concerned by it and decides to kill the man in order to permanently close the eye. He is hypersensitive to sounds and images and is extremely bugged by the old man’s ugly looking eye. He is aware of his insane thoughts and yet justifies them as sane because he can still strategize and think intelligently. He is the central character of the story.
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