The TellTale Heart 读后感分析和总结.docxVIP

The Feeling after Reading The Tell-Tale Heart The man loves the old man who lives with him, but he cant stand the old mans eyes, so he killed and dismembered the old man. Finally, the old mans heart revealed the secret and the man had to confess. This is the storyline of The Tell-Tale Hea. rt The story is very simple, but the implication is profound. The depiction of heart and eye in the novel is exactly significant. The fixation on the old mans vulture-like eye forces the man to concoct a plan to eliminate the old man. The man confesses the sole reason for killing the old man is his eye: Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees - very gradually - I made up my mind to rid myself of the eye for ever. The man begins his tale of betrayal by trying to convince the reader he is not insane, but the reader quickly surmises the man indeed is out of control. The fact that the old mans eye is the only motivation to murder proves the man is so mentally unstable that he must search for justification to kill. In his mind, he rationalizes murder with his own unreasonable fear of the eye. The man shows his contrariety when he confesses he loves the old man, but he is still too overwhelmed by the pale blue eye to restrain himself from the all-consuming desire to eliminate the eye. His struggle is evident as he waits to kill the old man in his sleep so that he wont have to face the old man when he kills him; but on the other hand, the man cant justify the killing unless the vulture eye was open. The man is finally able to kill the man because I saw it with perfect distinctness - all a dull blue, with a hideous veil over it that chilled the very marrow in my bones; but I could see nothing else of the old mans face or person: for I had directed the ray as if by instinct, precisely upon the damned spot. The mission of the man begins with meticulous planning and confidence, but ultimately his guilty conscience creates his downfall. For seven days, the man watches