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What were narators fear?

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Answered by tonygupta137
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In Poe's story, The Tell-Tale Heart, the narrator fears several things. On the surface, he fears the old man especially because of the eye. When the narrator can stand the eye no longer, he kills the old man and buries him beneath the floor.  Then his fear becomes one of discovery because if the old man's body is discovered, the narrator will be arrested.  At the core of the story, however, is the fear that he will be considered insane.  That is why he makes reference to proving that he cannot be considered insane.  The title also refers to the heart which will tell the tale of the murder.  Hearing the heart beating with his guilt when no one else can hear it, the narrator's insanity becomes clear to the reader and reveals the narrator's greatest fear.

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