450 The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
The History of Literature
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10 Things Worth Saying About the Telltale Heart
Poe's story is very precise and ambiguous. The precision gives way to ambiguity, which lets us focus on the pure act. Poe hated long fellow because he thought long fellow was a plagiarist who stole from others like Tennyson and like Poe himself.
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