“Humanity, a balance between good and evil” "The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Poe published in the mid-19th century around 1840. The author Edgar Allan Poe was a favorite American poet, author, literary critic, and publisher. An unidentified narrator, who attempts to prove his sanity to the reader while describing a murder he committed, tells the story. In real life, we encounter objects or events that evoke memories of experiences, good or bad. Apparently, the latter often deprive us of joy or happy life and the effects of bad, evil or painful memories become paramount if the experience is regular. Human beings value happiness, and ultimately, we all work to live a pleasant life. Therefore, by eliminating scenarios, guilty people often become consumed by their conscience and somehow confess. The story involves an unnamed narrator who begins the story by addressing the reader and claims his sanity; explaining that he is hypersensitive and nervous but not angry. Furthermore, he offers his tranquility throughout the entire narrative as proof of his sanity. Furthermore, he explains how he couldn't stand the sight of a particular old man's cloudy, pale eyes. The narrator states that although the old man never wanted his money and never wronged him; his eyes evoking those of the vulture, made him decide to get rid of the old man's eyes so that he could never see him. The narrator kills the old man in his room at night. Later, police officers respond to a call from a neighbor who suspects foul play at the old man's house. The narrator invites the three police officers and leads them throughout the house while trying to prove his innocence and make the police officers above suspicion. However, guilt eats away at him and he feels "I must scream or die", finally shouting the absolute truth, informing the police to get rid of the floorboards and report the old man's beating. The author increases the killer's obsession with the unadorned and distinct entities by depriving the story of excessive detail; the heartbeat, his claim to sanity and the old man's eyes. The narrative content of "The Tell-Tale Heart" is the result of Poe's sharp language and economical style. Furthermore, this association of form and content truly demonstrates paranoia. Poe himself is complicit, as the beating heart, in the plot to capture the narrator's evil game