y upon his bed.” The narrator keeps implying that he is very, very dreadfully nervous. “I knew that sound well, too. It was the beating of the old man’s heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.” This also gives us the reader the hint of him being mad. When ones actions that are thought out with knowing the harsh consequences are a key sign to madness.Basically what I think Edgar Allen Poe is trying to imply to us is that everyone holds a little madness within and subconsciously. We must fight the urge and accept it fully, to be excepted and considered normal. Because everyone’s got to do it. The emotional feeling of the narrator are those of the depressed. He is neither shy or outgoing. He thinks he is skillful and not mad. “If you still think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body.” He states this because he is trying to persuade the reader into thinking he’s smart therefore making the reader come up with the idea how could you be mad if your smart. He does not seem to be caring, yet he does state he loved the old man. “Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man.” He is dishonest though for he wasn’t going to tell the police about the dead body until his subconscious thoughts made him believe that they too heard the horrifying heart beat of the old man. Which caused his emotional break down.Ones own subconscious mind could create emotions that can persuade one to do deeds in which he/she never thought of. Either it be good or bad like the narrators feelings towards the old man’s eye. Emotions are those not to be put aside or forgotten about. But should be dealt with and conditioned to a norm. Mind over matter. ...
