“Now you may think that I drew back-but no. His room was as black as pitch with thick darkness (for the shutters were close fastened, through fear of robbers).”(139)-The Tell-Tale Heart
Poe is able to cover many different elements within one quotation, which is evident in this quote. While the old man is peacefully and innocently in a slumber someone whom he trusts and welcomes into his home is plotting his very death. Ironically his greatest fear of robbers is the least of his worries and while he is disrupting no one something which he cannot control is deciding the fate of his life. Not only does the attitude of the protagonist make you anxious but the dark atmosphere of the story makes you nervous for both the protagonist and the old man because of the elements associated with darkness, such as death and tragedy.
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