Read the excerpt from "the tell-tale heart" below. using complete sentences, describe how edgar allan poe begins to establish a mood of terror that will continue throughout the story. in your response, use phrases and words from the excerpt to support your opinion.
i could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph. to think that there i was, opening the door, little by little, and he not even to dream of my secret deeds or thoughts. i fairly chuckled at the idea; and perhaps he heard me; for he moved on the bed suddenly, as if startled. now you may think that i drew back-but no. his room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness, (for the shutters were close fastened, through fear of robbers,) and so i knew that he could not see the opening of the door, and i kept pushing it on steadily, steadily.