PATHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The narrator is terrified of the old man’s blue eye and overwhelmed by the sound of his heartbeat, so the narrator kills the old man.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 3 police officers arrive. The narrator has conversations with the police while sitting on top of where the body is. The narrator begins to go insane, thinking that the police will hear the old man’s heart beating (but it is really HIS heart beating). Resolution When the narrator admits to killing the old man.