Mood+and+Tone+essay+by+Rudy

Mood and Tone In "The Tell-Tale Heart" Edgar Allan Poe creates the mood of fear in "The Tell-Tale Heart." Poe creates this mood through word choice and the tone of the piece. An example from the story is when the narrator is about to kill the old man. Poe writes, "But the beating grew louder, louder! I thought the heart must burst." The sound of heart increased with it. Another example of fear in the story is when the narrator wanted the police to leave. Poe writes, "But ere long, I felt myself getting pale and wish them to leave." The narrator's feeling made my fear increase. Finally, the tone of the narrator is nervous. He shows the tone when he says, "Almighty God-no, no! They heard!-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 puntuation shows his nervousness, which makes the reader feel nervous. Poe created the fear in the story. He used punctuations and his attitude to make the readers fear.