Gothic Fiction Genre in Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe...

â€Å"And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense? Now, I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I knew that sound well, too. It was the beating of the old mans heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.† –â€Å"Tell Tale Heart† by Edgar Allen Poe The Gothic fiction genre has been known for its gory and gruesome imagery ever since the 1800s. This genre has flourished from one generation to another into many other sub-genres including the Southern Gothic. With â€Å"Tell Tale Heart† Edgar Allen Poe out does himself with his incredibly brutal descriptions as seen in the quote above. In an ongoing battle of self versus alter ego, the narrator confesses a love for an old man who he then violently murders and dismembers. The narrator reveals his madness by attempting to separate the person of the old man, which he loves, from the old man’s supposedly evil eye, which triggers the narrator’s hatred. This dark, spooky and eerie tale has a distinct style the Poe is heavily known. The abhorrence that the narrator had for the old man’s evil eye pushed the narrator to his end, and caused him to kill the poor man. Everything became even worse when he buried the body in the house because all he could hear was the old man’s heartbeat throbbing in his ear. The narrator exclaimed â€Å"I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many