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=Mood & Tone In "The Tell-Tale Heart"=

Edgar Allan Poe creates the mood of fear in "The Tell-Tale Heart." He creates this mood through word choice and the tone of the piece.

An example from the story is when the narrator was about to kill the old man. __Poe writes__, "But the beating grew louder, louder I thought the heart must burst." The sound of the heart, and my increased whit is.

Another example of fear in the story is when the narrator chops up the body of the old man. __Poe writes__, "I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and arms and the legs." The feeling when the narrator cut off the head made the my fear increased more.

Finally the tone of the narrator is nervous. He shows this tone when he says, "Almighty God! no, no! they heard! they suspected! they knew! they were making a mockery of my horror." This tone adds to the mood of the story because the punctuation shows his nervousness which makes the reader feel nervous and afraid.

In conclusion Edgar Allan Poe created the mood of fear in "The Tell-Tale Heart" by describing how and why the narrator kill the old men. Also by the nervously tone.