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What new meanings are suggested by the decisions of Doane Hoag and Jules Dassin, who wrote and directed the 1941 film version of “The Tell-Tale Heart”?

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Doane Hoag and Jules Dassin were very faithful to Poe's narrative and presented the work as Poe wrote, but with visual and auditory effects that may have changed the meaning of the work for other people. I don't particularly believe that they added new meanings, but they intensified those reported by Poe. That's because the soundtrack, the play of light and shadow, the expression of the actors show the madness, the insanity, the cruelty, the torture and the folly of the story. In the film, the meaning of these things gets much stronger, because we can see Poe's words come to life and leave the role becoming something real. This was masterfully done by Doane Hoag and Jules Dassin.

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Doane Hoag and Jules Dassin were very faithful to Poe's narrative and presented the work as Poe wrote, but with visual and auditory effects that may have changed the meaning of the work for other people. I don't particularly believe that they added new meanings, but they intensified those reported by Poe. That's because the soundtrack, the play of light and shadow, the expression of the actors show the madness, the insanity, the cruelty, the torture and the folly of the story. In the film, the meaning of these things gets much stronger, because we can see Poe's words come to life and leave the role becoming something real. This was masterfully done by Doane Hoag and Jules Dassin.

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