Edgar Allan Poe's “The Tell-Tale Heart” is one of his most beloved works. The story starts off by pointing out that the narrator suffers from a nervous disorder; a disease that "sharpened (his) senses” (Allan Poe 52). The narrator continues on to explain how this diseased has affected him “Above all the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell” (Allan Poe 52). It seems as if the narrator is trying to tell the reader that he doesn't need anyone else to judge him “why will you say that I am mad” (Allan Poe 52). The denial of his madness causes the reader to think of him as an insane character that is trying to convince the reader of his sanity; and by doing so he loses credibility. However, the narrator insists on trying to convince the readers that his not a mad man and that he knows exactly what he is doing and that has control over the situation “observe how healthily, how calmly, I can tell you the story” (Allan Poe 52). The narrator then, moves on to the most symbolic part of the story. The “Evil Eye” of the old man (Allan Poe 52). He blames the eye for inspiring him to kill the old man. In the story, the eye's bias shows itself when the narrator immediately views the old man's disease in a negative light. The old man's cataract is seen to be the “Evil Eye" (Shen 53). And even when the old man has done nothing wrong to him he insisted that this evil eye makes his blood run cold (Allan Poe 52). The narrator sees the eye as a threat and by getting rid of the eye, which would mean, killing the old man he would finally be free. The narrator continues on to insists in his sanity by explaining meticulously and with specific details the way he entered the old man’s room in the seven nights prior to the eighth night that ends up with taking the old man’s life. “I moved slowly to not disturb the old man’s sleep” (Allan Poe 52). He tries to deny his