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How does the narrator get caught? in the tell-tale heart by edgar allan poe​

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The narrator emphasizes the careful calculation of the murder, attempting the perfect crime, complete with dismembering and hiding the body under the floorboards. Ultimately, the narrator's feelings result in hearing a thumping sound, which the narrator interprets as the dead man's beating heart.
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The narrator's acute hearing forces him to confess what he did. He was unable to ignore the loud sound of his own guilt and crime. In which the narrator also said "It is the beating of his hideous heart!"

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