The Tell Tale Heart

During Edgar Allan Poe's life, he experienced many tragedies. In the story, The Tell Tale Heart, by Edgar Allan Poe, there are many unusual, well thought, and hidden symbols. Those exact symbols could mean a thousand things.

One symbol that is hidden in The Tell Tale Heart, is the death watch beetles. In the beginning when the insane man attempted to murder the old man lying in the bed, the old man was startled by a small movement and noise in the darkness of his bedroom. Therefore the insane man had to stay still until he returned to sleep. While he was against the wall waiting he heard death watch beetles clicking in the walls. Some people believe that when death watch beetles start to click around you, that they’re counting how many more seconds you’re going to live. Death watch beetles in the wall represent foreshadowing the old man’s death because later in the story the insane man will kill him.

Another symbol in the story is the dark lantern. The insane man would creep into the old man’s bedroom everyday and used the dark lantern to see if the old man’s vulture eye is open. Thus the dark lantern represents bad events that are going to occur, because when the insane man used the lantern which was the beginning of the attempt to kill the old man.

In The Tell Tale Heart, there are not only realistic symbols but there are also super natural symbols. One of those symbols is the old man’s vulture eye. The insane man felt that the old that the old man’s vulture eye would always stare upon him. Therefore the insane man’s mission was to destroy the old man’s eye. Hence, the vultures eyes represents death. An additional symbol is the old man’s heart beat. After the insane man successfully killed the old man he hid his body under the floor boards. However, when the insane man was on the urge to killing the old man he fortunately shrieked so loud that the neighbors heard; then they called the police. Later on the officers rang the doorbell and they checked around his house for anything unusual. Suddenly the insane man heard a loud heart beat inside his mind. It wasn’t his hear beat, it wasn’t the officers, it was the old man’s heart beat who he killed. When the man heard the heart beat, he first ignored it but then he couldn’t stand it anymore so he confessed guilty and was taken away. Thus, the heart beat represented karma of killing the old man, because now that the insane man killed the old man, the old man somehow had revenge on him.

In The Tell Tale Heart, there are numerous well thought and hidden symbols. Edgar Allan Poe used his symbols to make his readers feel the suspense of his story. He wanted his readers to be scared, and he succeeded in this story.

A Justin Bieber Horror

“It’s cold in this theater!” Jessica whispered. While Justin Bieber reaches his arm over her shoulder.
“Yeah, you’re, right.” Justin agrees. “Let’s get out of here!”
Jessica and Justin exited the Majestic Theater and hopped in his Lamborghini Murcielago convertible and accelerated out of the theater’s enormous parking lot. When the smooth ride was over, they ended up on a cliff called Love Rock, where all the teens went for their dates.
“Where are we Justin?” Jessica asked, while Justin gazes out into the stars.
“Oh, were at Love Rock.” Jessica nodded. “The stars are beautiful, just like you.” Justin whispered.
Jessica blushes. “Oh Justin.” Jessica said delighted.
“Oh Jessica, you’re so down to earth.” Justin replied. They both kissed each other.
While they were kissing like the rest of the young couples on Love Rock, they both heard and saw something moving in the bushes. All of a sudden, the rest of the people on love rock rushed out of the parking lot and onto the highway. They knew many people had turned out missing near the area. At first they ignored the noise and went on with their date, but then it began to be a fearsome state. Therefore, like all young boys who don’t have any common sense and want to be the bravest top man, Justin left the car to go “check it out”.
Before he left to go check it out, Justin said, “Jessica, if I’m not back in five minutes… call the cops. Oh, and Jessica, I’ma tell you one time, girl I love you.” Justin whispered.
Justin was now in the bushes where he saw the bushes moving. All of a sudden Justin heard a low and mysterious voice behind him.
“I thought I told you burdens not to come around here anymore!” The mysterious man said, while he held his ax above his head. Justin had tried to fight back, but obviously it wasn’t enough for the 298 pound man. Before he knew it, there Justin was, lying on the floor bleeding all over.
A tear rolled down Jessica’s cheek as she watched Justin disappear into the darkness. Five minutes and three seconds passed while Jessica remembers the good times she and Justin had. Suddenly, Jessica heard the bushes moving assuming that it was Justin.
“Justin! There you are! Thank goodness. I thought I would never see you again!” Jessica said cheerfully.
Then the person in the darkness said in a low mysterious voice, “Oh, you will never see him again. LOL!”
Then Jessica finally saw Justin’s body on the ground near the man, not flinching, nor twitching. However she also saw a glossy ring box that says, Jared the Galleria of Jewelry.
“He went to Jared!” Jessica whispered.
Then a whole crowd of women appeared on the scene.
“He went to Jared?” They gasped.
Then out of nowhere, Justin coughed.
“Heck yeah I went to Jared!”
The mysterious man who was standing next to Justin’s body shouted, “SHUT UP!” and stomped on his neck barbarically. Then the women from the scene disappeared just as fast as they appeared. The only remnants of their existence that they left behind were their tear-stained handkerchiefs from the scene of Justin’s death.
At that moment Jessica was certain that Justin was gone due to the fact that his neck was twisted at an impossible angle. Jessica’s life flashed before her eyes and she knew she had to jump into the driver’s seat and floor it. As usual, she acted late, and there was the murderer approaching her with a limp. When she had the time to, she hopped into the driver’s seat and noticed that the keys were not in the ignition. She remembers Justin taking them out before he left.
So this time Jessica acted fast and lunged out of the driver’s seat. Cautiously looking back at the man and sprinting to Justin’s body lying there motionless. All those years of track paid off. She looked into the left pocket, then the right and found the keys and grabbed the glistening ring box. On the way back sprinting to the car the man stops her in her tracks and attempted to choke her. With the kickboxing skills her current language arts teacher, Mrs. Reagles, taught her, she was able to get out of the choke hold with leaving the man in the dust throbbing with pain.
Jessica got into the car and did a doughnut out of the parking lot and accelerated at 153 miles per hour down the highway. She notified the police weeping in shock. Jessica also, at last, opened the Jared Box. On the inside of the platinum ring it spoke the words “Jessica, the favorite girl in my life, p.s. your so down to earth”, which made her cry even more.
The next day Jessica was questioned by the police. She also had to show the police the ring box that Justin meant to give her; which attracted them like a bunch of little boys with short attention spans to a firefly.
“He went to Jared?” The officers gasped.
“Not that I would know, or anything, because I am a dude you know. FOOTBALL, MONSTERSTRUCKS, WORMS, YEAH!” The manliest officer exclaimed.
“Yup he went to Jared.” Jessica said softly.
The killer was responsible for the deaths of the following: Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Kanye West and Taylor Swift. (wink,wink) Well, I guess there will be one more lonely girl.