The Tell- Tale Heart By: Edgar Allen Poe There is a thin line that separates sanity, and those who are lacking it but to those few who are insane, do they consider themselves so? In this story, it tells the story of a house keeper and care taker of a elderly man who lacks in the areas of vision and hearing. This care taker though is driven to kill the old man, why? Because he …showed first 75 words of 504 total…

…showed last 75 words of 504 total…didn't hear it, and drives him into extreme paranoia. He gets drives so far then he suddenly bursts out into admitting to killing the old man and where he stashed his remains. In conclusion, this story is indeed a classic. Even though it being over 150 years old, it still manages to have a disturbing element to it. Making you view yourself and other different. It poses the question, do the insane, know they are insane?