PATHOLOGY

PATHOLOGY MCQ

HEART

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The sound that drives the narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” to confess is
A
created by the police to trap the narrator.
B
coming from the neighbors house, next door.
C
possibly the narrator’s heart pounding.
D
a shutter beating rhythmically in the wind.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ultimately, the narrator’s actions result in hearing a thumping sound, which the narrator interprets as the dead man’s beating heart.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sagacity In The Tell Tale Heart In Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart, ‘’ the narrator is so bothered by an old man’s eye that he decides to kill him. In the end, he thinks he hears the beating of the old man’s heart even after he has died, so the narrator confesses to the police.

Detailed explanation-3: -Critics have interpreted the sound of the beating heart as the narrator’s guilty conscious reminding him of his deed. In this reading, the narrator finally confesses his crime because his guilt grows so great that he can no longer hold it in.

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