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heart was touched,”EdgarAllan Poe once wrote to hismother-in-law.During his life,Poe was known for writingabout mysterious forces,wicked crimes,and death.Unfortunately,his life was assad as those of most of hischaracters.He was poor formost of his life.His motherdied when he was two,and hewas disowned by his fosterfather.In addition,Poe's wifedied when she was onlytwenty-four.  \nEdgar Allan Poe was borm in 7809and died in 1849.\"The.Tell-TaleHeart\"was first published inPioneer magazine in January 1843.  \n834 THEME 8  \n## READING FOCUS\n\nDo we see ourselves as others see us?  \nFreeWrite  \nHow is the way people view themselves different from the wayothers view them?Freewrite your answer.  \n## Setting a Purpose\n\nRead this short story to find out what the narator thinks abouthimself and the acts he has committed.  \n## BUILDING BACKGROUND\n\nDid You Know?Poe spent most of is life writing poety,beginning as a teenager and sacrificing material comforts fortwenty years so that he could concentrate on his art.The suc-cess he finally found with his poem“The Raven\"didn'timprove his financial status.The poem was reprinted and par-odied everywhere,and Poe was invited to tour the countrylecturing and reading his work.However,he was paid lessthan $15 for the poem,and lecturing paid barely enough tosupport him.Three years after“The Raven”came out,Poe sillcould not afford to keep his house warm during his wife's finalbattle with tuberculosis.  \n## VOCABULARY PREVIEW\n\nacute(a kut')adj.sharp and strong or intense;p.835vex (veks)v to disturb,annoy,or anger,especialy by somesmall,repeated action;p.836  \nstifled(stī'fəld)adj.held back;smothered;p.837wane(wān)v.to draw to a close;approach an end;p.839audacity(6 das'a tē)n.reckless boldness;daring;p.840singularly(sing'gya lər le)adv.unusually or remarkably;  \nextraordinarily;D.841  \nvehemently(ve'a mənt lē)adv.strongly;intenselypassionately;p.841  \nhypocritical (hip'a krit'i kal)adj.pretending to be whatone is not;fake;insincere;p.841  \nEdgar Allan Poe:~  \nTRUE!—NERVOUS—VERY,VERY DREADFULLY NERVOUSI had been and am;but why will you say that I am mad?The dis-ease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them.Above all was the sense of hearing acute.I heard all things in theheaven and in the earth.I heard many things in hell.How,then,amI mad?Hearken!and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tellyou the whole story.  \n### ACTIVE\n\nREADING  \nMODEL  \n### ADJUST SPEED\n\nWhat is unusual  \nabout the punctua-  \ntion?What does it  \nsuggest about the  \nnarrator?  \nVocabulary  \nacute (akut')adj.sharp and strong or intense  \nHAIR-RAISING TALES B 835  \n# The Tell-Tale Heart\n\n## CLARIFY\n\nIt is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain;but onceconceived,it haunted me day and night.Object there was none.Passionthere was none.I loved the old man.He had never wronged me.He hadnever given me insult.For his gold Ihad no desire.I think it was his eye!yes,it was this!One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture—a pale blueeye,with a film over it.Whenever it fell upon me,my blood ran cold;and so by degrees--very gradually—I made up my mind to take the lifeof the old man,and thus rid myself of the eye for ever.  \nWhat is the narrator  \ntrying to tell you?  \nNow this is the point.You fancy me mad.Madmen know nothing.Butyou should have seen me.You should have seen how wisely I proceededwith what caution—with what foresight—with what dissimulation'I wentto work!I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole weekbefore I killed him.And every night,about midnight,I turned the latch ofhis door and opened it—oh,so gently!And then,when I had made anopening sufficient for my head,I put in a dark lantern,all closed,closed,so that no light shone out,and then I thrust in my head.Oh,you wouldhave laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in!I moved it slowly—very,very slowly,so that I might not 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