Question

Examine this thrilling conclusion to Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart. Take a moment to consider what may have happened next if the story were to continue. Create an additional scene that would take place directly after the narrator's confession. In a paragraph, (7-10 sentences) describe what the narrator does next, what the police do next, or any other action you want to include. Make an effort to emulate Poe's style and tone. You may remain in first person using the narrator's point of view, or switch to another. Whatever point of view you choose, be sure to remain in that point of view. ​

Answer 1

After the narrator's confession, the police detain him and he is haunted by the murder, expecting to be consumed by his own guilt and the old man's vengeful spirit.

Step-by-step explanation:

Directly after the narrator's confession to the murder in Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart, pandemonium ensues. The police officers, having heard the shrieking from deep within the narrator’s soul—the wretched beating of the old man’s heart—suddenly transform from courteous guests to grim agents of the law. They bind the narrator’s hands with swift efficiency, their faces a mask of professional detachment, betraying none of the horror that the confession had surely inspired within them. I watch, as though from outside myself, the body which houses my maddened mind being led away to a fate yet unknown. The house, now a crime scene, echoes with the silent whispers of death, and the relentless heart that had tormented me ceases its throbbing in my ears at last, replaced by the echoing footfall of my doom. Synapses fire futilely within my brain, attempting to piece together the splintered fragments of sanity as I am enveloped by the darkness of my own deeds. I cannot escape the gaze of the old man's vengeful eye, not in life, nor, I fear, in death.