The Tell Tale Heart

I. INTRODUCTION:

A. THESIS STAMENT:

Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" is a horror story about a young man kills an old man who cares for him, dismembers the corpse then goes mad when he thinks he hears the old man's heart beating beneath the floor boards under his feet as he sits and discusses the old man's absence with the police. With the skillful writing, Poe shows readers the dark side that exists on each people based on the way to tell story of narrator.

B. OBJECTIVE:

I would like to do a research about “The tell-tale heart” of Edgar Alla Poe to analyze the way using words of author to create a horror atmosphere in the story. Furthermore I will point out the hide meaning of story. At the end, I will stand out in relief of bad side human through author’s writing.

C. RESEARCH QUESTION:

1. After reading the tell-tale heart, what does the hidden meaning inside the story?

2. How does Poe create a tension throughout “The tell-tale heart”?

3. What kind of figure of speech and images that Poe use in the story “tell- tale heart”?

II. BACKGROUND OF THE RESEARCH:

A. METHOD OF STUDY:

With a view to carrying out my research, I have used an effective research method: the library research. From the analytical as well as critical information collected on websites and in some literature materials, I will contextualize some suitable ideas in my analysis. In addition, I also add my own ideas and analysis of the work

B. LITERARY REVIEW:

After the short story “Tell-tale heart” was published, it has received many supports from readers. The story makes us discover a dark side of human by using words, images and symbolism. Following is some quotation, which readers think and about the story.

At the beginning of the story, Edgar Allan Poe wrote:

“TRUE! nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses, not destroyed, not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I...