Tell-Tale Heart
1. The protagonist in this short story by Poe is obviously the anonimous narrator because he is the leading character of the short story. The antagonist is the poor old man with the blue eye that the narrator murders, the police are also antagonists. We know this because they are opposing the narrator.
2. The conflict and struggle that the narrator is going through is how to get rid of his fear of the old mans evil eye. The narrator see's the eye and the old man as two different entities, he loves the old man but hates his "evil eye". He decides to kill him but fails to realize that he will be killing the old man in doing so.
3. The climax of this short story is when he begins to hear the old man's thumping heart and finally shouts out confessing his crime to the police and rips off the floorboards.
Good exploration of Poe's story, but you did not post your response for "Araby". Also, remember to include specific support from the text in your analysis.
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