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In "The Tell-Tale Heart", Edgar Poe uses imagery when he describes the old man’s eye. How does this use of imagery build suspense in the story?
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In "The Tell-Tale Heart", Edgar Poe uses imagery when he describes the old man’s eye. How does this use of imagery build suspense in the story?

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By utilizing imagery, he is using words to depict events using the senses as opposed to just the narrator's words. Poe allows his crowd to get an idea of what the narrator is hearing, feeling, and seeing. This develops suspense.

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So basically it gives you an idea of how the eye looks so in a way that develops suspense.

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