Now this story is told from a first person perspective so we are limited to one person point of view. Not only that but the narrator seems to be trying to convince the readers that he or she is not crazy which ironically does make us believe that he or she is crazy. So these factors will make it difficult in find the truth behind the story.
So it comes down to did he or did he not kill the old man? Was it all a hallucination of his disorganized mind or did the narrator truly rid the world of this evil eye? Perhaps it is a bit of both. The narrator probably did commit the actions he or she said yet tried to justify them with this story. In the narrators mind he or she truly believed that this mans eye was evil and must be removed. After committing the crime however the narrator believed to have heard the beating of the old mans heart. Now it is impossible for a dead and dismembered man's heart to continue to beat and nonetheless being loud enough for the narrator to here. There are many interpretations of what could of been the cause of this beating heart. Some say that it was the guilt secretly growing within the narrator of committing the murder that made him or her hear the beating heart. Others such as Henry Thoreau have said that it may have been nothing more than an insect that mimics the sound of a beating heart. The truth behind the beating heart will remain a mystery for we cannot entirely believe the narrator's side of the story.
In conclusion the narrator did probably murder the old man but only because of a mental insecurity or disability. The narrator did believe that his or her actions were justified but in actuality were not. So the beating heart could of been a figment of the narrator's imagination and could of just been guilt.
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