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'TRUE! nervous very very dreadfully nervous' //This quotation show that the character is nervous but straight form the start you can tell that everything they are about to say is the truth.//

'I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.' //This single statement shows just how manic and paranoid our protagonist is. Despite the fact that murder had been decided, he/she must still make an effort to show how kind and compassionate they were towards their victim.//

'You should have seen how wisely I proceeded -- with what caution -- with what foresight, with what dissimulation, I went to work!' '..cautiously -- oh so cautiously -- cautiously...' //Throughout "The Tell-tale Heart" there is a large emphasis on precision and dedication that the character takes towards his final murder. The character seems so patient with not only himself, but also with the 'old man', as if he had already subconsciously prepared a set of rules to play by.

"Ha! Would a madman have been so wise as this?" - This qoute proves how mad the man was. It's like an oxy moron - he has an inkling he's a madman but thinks he is wise at the same time.

"...seven long nights, every night just at midnight," - It's like he is obsessed with creeping into the old mans room.

"I grew furious as I gazed upon it." Getting angry over an eye?! (:s)

'//They heard! -- they suspected! -- they KNEW!' //After the crime has been committed, a mixture of guilt, agitation and realisation begins to settle on our criminal's mind. We can suspect that his obsession has reached to such a point where there is no way to get rid of the old man's presence; his paranoia and insanity ultimately bringing his over-confidence back down to Earth.

"I admit the deed" Guilty concious? A man that is paranoid and fails to stick to his word.// "In the enthusiasm of my confidence". his confidence was the thing that brought him to his doom.(and guilt :D)