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1、Thenarratorin“TheTell-TaleHeart”Thisshortfictionusesthefirst-personnarrationtotellusahorriblemurderstory.Thenarratorinthefictionisanunnamedkillerwhomurderedtheoldman.Whilereadingthisfiction,Iconsideredthatthisnarratorisagoodstoryteller.Butinmyopinion,heis
2、anunreliablenarratorandhisnotpersuasive.“Here,here!--Itisthebeatingofhishideousheart!()"Thenarratoryelledintheend.Howcanadeadpersonhavesuchaloudsoundofheartbeat?Obviouslyheistotallymadandonlycontrolledbyhisfantasy.Therearemanydescriptionsoutofrealityexcep
3、tthisone,soIthinkheisnotareliablenarratorandhislanguageisattractivebutnotpersuasive.Ithinkthenarratorhasaneuroticpersonality,andheisacruelpsychopath.Attheverybeginningofthestory,hesaid,“True!—nervous—very,verydreadfullynervousIhadbeenandam;butwhywillyousa
4、ythatIammad?”().Thissentencemakesmeuncomfortable,becausesuchaweirdatmospheresurroundsmeandIdon’tknowwhatthemadnarratorisgoingtodo.Ijudgehimasapersonwhohastheneuroticpersonality,becausehesaidhedesiredhiseyesanddidn’tcareabouthistreasures().Hekilledanoldman
5、justbecausetheoldman’svultureeyes.Thepooroldmandidn’thavesomeannoyingbehaviororsomewordscanmakethenarratorreallymad.Thismotiveformurderisveryridiculousandseemsunreasonable,andthismakescontributiontoletmeverifythatthenarratorisapsychopath.Itcan’tbedeniedth
6、atheisaverycarefulkiller.Whilewalkingintotheoldman’sroomattheeighthnight,heopenedthelanternextremelycarefulandsaid“youcannotimaginehowstealthily,stealthily--untilatlengthasingledimraylikethethreadofthespidershotoutfromthecreviceandfelluponthevultureeye.”(
7、).Exaggerationthisdescriptionis,butitmakesmenoticethemadman’scarefulnessandcautiousness.Thenarratorbroughtmeintothesceneandmakesthestoryeffectiveformebyhisattractiveandextraordinarylanguage.Inaddition,hisdescriptionisfullofthedetailsofthecrimeandfilledwit
8、hhisownfeelingsandthesemademefeltverynervouswhilereadingthisnovel.Thenarratorkilledtheoldmanwithastrangemotive,soIamwonderinghowhiseyesmadethenarratormad.Anotherquestionis,thenarratordidn’tfeltalittleguiltyandevenha