PATHOLOGY

PATHOLOGY MCQ

HEART

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Whose heartbeat does the narrator really hear?
A
the old man’s
B
his own
C
the cops’
D
the neighbors’
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -As the ringing grows louder, the narrator concludes that it is the heartbeat of the old man coming from under the floorboards. The sound increases steadily to the narrator, though the officers do not seem to hear it.

Detailed explanation-2: -So, the title also refers to the narrator’s heart. Inside the heart is where our deepest, truest feelings and emotions live, at least metaphorically speaking. We could look at the whole story of the old man’s murder as a tale told by the narrator, a tale from his own heart.

Detailed explanation-3: -To the modern reader, it is less ambiguous; the beating of the heart occurs within the narrator himself. It is established at the beginning of the story that he is over-sensitive-that he can hear and feel things that others cannot.

Detailed explanation-4: -The narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” compares the beating of his neighbor’s heart to the sound of a watch more than once in the story.

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