Summary of Tell-Tale Heart

Tell-Tale Heart is a story about a mad old man who thinks that he is not mad. He thinks that he was just dreadfully nervous.From his actions, we could tell that he is very crazy. He killed the old man because of his eyes. He doesn't like the old man's eyes. Not because the old man did something that made him angry, it was because of the eyes. He observed the old man for seven continuous days. He even spent an hour just to put his head into an opened door. During the eighth night, he slowly went in the old man's room. Checked if his eyes were closed. Then he killed the old man. After killing him, he brought the old man's body back to his house. Hid the body under the floor of his room. Soon, the police came to his house for some investigation. He stayed calm at first and chatted with the police officers. As they were chatting, he heard a heart beat beating. He don't know who's heat beat it is. As he became nervous, the heart beat became louder and faster. He thought that it is from the dead body under his bedroom floor, but it is actually his own heart beat. Soon, he confessed to the police.