I. In "The Tell Tale Heart" madness is the single effect. A. Identity of the main character is unkown. 1.The narrator never says whether the character is male or female. 2. The narrator leaves two options of how the story can go to interpret. B. The character has many traits about themselves. 1. The character felt the officers already knew that he was guilty. 2. The character suffers from delusions of persecution. 3. From the time the character looked …showed first 75 words of 283 total…

…showed last 75 words of 283 total…who didn’t even suspect him. 4. The character feels no passion to the man whom he killed. 5. The character feels he is still mortal at the end of the story when he hears the beating of the heart. E. Conclusion. 1. The character's sex is still unknown. 2. The character had a disease called schizophrenia. 3. The character killed a man whom he thought was evil. 4. The character confesses to the police that he is guilty. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**