The Tell-Tale Heart Summary

  • The man decided to kill the old man

    Because of the eye
  • Every night he goes to the old man’s room

    He checks if he has the eye open
  • One night he saw the old man’s eye open

  • He chokes the man to death

    With a bed
  • The police comes to check the house

    Because a neighbor heard a loud noice
  • The police didn’t find anything

    The man told them that the old man was away
  • The police started to talk

    The man started to hear a loud noice
  • He confessed he killed the man

    Because the noise drove him crazy