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“Poe” The story “The Tell-Tale Heart” written by Edgar Allan is a story about a man’s progressive insanity. The first point of the story, Poe tries to kill the old man thus ridding himself of the eye. This man complained that the eye reminded him of a vulture. It was pale-blue, and had a light film over it. It was not because of the old mans gold. He was extremely nice, and he never insulted him. He says that his desire to kill this man was not because of his insanity, but it was because of his eye. Through out Poe’s first point he tries to explain that this man was not insane, he was mad because of the eye. In the second point of the story Poe tells us how the man is preparing to kill this old man. The man watches his every move. He was a very cautious and patient man. He showed his desire to kill the man through these first eight nights of watching him sleep. He would go in the bedroom every night just a little past midnight. He memorized his breathing pattern, and learned the old mans sleeping habits. On the eighth ni