...madness. Why has it had such appeal over the years? Are we sympathetic or repelled or both? TRUE!— NERVOUS — VERY, VERY DREADFULLY NERVOUS I HAD BEEN and am; but why TV ill you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses — not destroyed — not dulled...

...Boston published a new tale by Edgar, "The Tell-Tale Heart." The story began: True!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why...you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing. ... I heard all things...

...Poe It's tree! Fm very nervous, dreadfully nervous. \ always have been and am today. But can anyone say that I am mad? The disease \ had sharpened my...not destroyed, not dulled them. Above all was the heightened sense of hearing. I have heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I have heard many...

...themselves insist on their own sanity. The narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart", for example, tells us: "Nervous - very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?" [Poe; 303]. In this respect, the narrator of "The Masque of the Red Death" is exceptional. While Poe...

...Chapter Eight Portrait of a Serial Killer: "Ha!— Would a Madman Have Been So Wise as This?" True! — nervous — very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses — not destroyed — not dulled them. Above all was...

...dem Leser ,auszureden', es gelingt ihm aber nicht. Er meint, „I heard all things in the heaven an in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How then, am I mad?" (88). Die Argumentierung ist aber unlogisch, denn gerade wenn jemand so etwas hört, wird er für verrückt...

...and sorrowful, which inhabit the unseen world!' The Tell-Tale Heart EDGAR ALLAN POE 1809-1849 TRUE! - NERVOUS - very, very dreadfully nervous I had been...I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily - how calmly I can tell you the whole story. It is impossible to...

...do this, one cannot believe them, for it is all too evident that they simply see things differently: why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses — not destroyed — not dulled them. [ . . . ] It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted...