![]() ![]() The narrator’s sensitivities make him sense and see things in hell, heaven, and on earth, and things that other people are not aware of. Nonetheless, the narrator’s denial of madness is proved wrong as the story unfolds to reveal that he is mad. The narrator admits to his dreadful nervousness, which he believes works to sharpen his senses but not to dull or destroy them. The narrator begins by saying, IT’S TRUE! YES, I HAVE BEEN ILL, very ill… But why do you say that I am mad?” (Poe). In the first paragraph, the readers can already detect the narrator’s mental instability as he acknowledges his mental condition, although he does not admit to being mad. Poe writes about the narrator who believes that he is not mad, although he is motivated to murder an innocent man because his eyes frighten him. Initially, Poe does not characterize the narrator as he does not provide their relationship with the old man or give him a name. Through the character development of the unnamed main character, Poe shows how he gradually begins to lose touch with reality. ![]()
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