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This is the name of our narrator.
Our narrator can be considered of this variety.
While it can be debated, this might be a good guess as to the mental disorder with which our narrator is afflicted.
This item seems to cause more problems for our narrator than it should.
The metaphor that describes a watch ticking while wrapped in cotton is twice used to describe this.
For most of the story, our narrator spends his time and energy ironically (verbal) proclaiming this.
The narrator uses this to kill the old man.
While he claims that all of his senses are acute, it seems as though this one is more sensitive than others.
After killing the old man, our narrator puts his body here.
This is what caused the neighbors to call the police.
While talking to the police, our narrator brazenly sits here.
At the end, our narrator ironically (situational) does this.
The beating heart that only he can hear could be considered a manifestation of the narrator's this.
In addition to calling it evil, the narrator refers to the old man's eye as if it belonged to this.
Speaking to his mental state, our narrator is sure that the police officers are doing this towards the end of the story.
In order to cover the noises (that only he can hear), our narrator chooses to do this.
Speaking to his mental state, our narrator explains this feeling upon the killing of the old man.
Throughout the story, to mirror the narrator's mind, there is a building sense of this.
Poe uses this technique, like with the watch metaphor or the nightly visits to the old man's room, for emphasis and mood.
Ironically (verbal), the narrator refers to the crime as this on more than one occasion.