By revealing the narrator's deepest thoughts, the author increases the element of horror in the narratives.
reveals that these characters lack human emotion.
O provides an upbeat moment and comic relief.
O relies on a reliable narrator to tell the tale.
Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart."
Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved
the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never
given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it
was his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture
-a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell
upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees-very
gradually made up my mind to take the life of the old
man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.
Read the excerpt from "The Black Cat."
Beneath the pressure of torments such as these, the
feeble remnant of the good within me succumbed. Evil
thoughts became my sole intimates—the darkest and
most evil of thoughts. The moodiness of my usual
temper increased to hatred of all things and of all
mankind; while, from the sudden, frequent, and
ungovernable outbursts of a fury to which I now blindly