He was persistent and checked every night to see if the old man’s eye was open or not. The narrator sees the old man’s eye in a way that makes the eyes seem as a separate person. In the, “Tell Tale Heart,” the narrator shows signs of having Obsessive Compulsive Disorder when in the story it is stated, “And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it –oh so gently! And then, when I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed, so that no light shone out, and then I thrust in my head. OCD is having a tendency towards excessive orderliness, perfectionism, and great attention to detail. Severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is also spotted in the short story as well. Schizophrenia is just one of the many mental disorders contributing to his illusions, there are many more. The narrator isn’t thinking clearly and schizophrenia has caused him to envision false things. One example is that in the end, he hears the beating of a dead old man’s heart. I heard many things in hell.” He hears things that others do not hear, and he believes that people are out to get him. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. In the story it states, “why will you say I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses-not destroyed-not dulled them. The old man that was murdered, lives with the narrator and he becomes a victim when his “evil eye” begins to drive the narrator insane. To first start off, the main character, the narrator recounts his murder of an old man in an effort to prove his sanity, but in reality it is schizophrenia that is damaging his view of reality, which caused him to commit the murder. When analyzing the story “Tell Tale Heart,” it is apparent that schizophrenia, severe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and anxiety disorder caused the protagonist to behave the way he did. Edgar Allen Poe is the creator of the story, “Tell Tale Heart,” where the main character’s actions are distinct from what a healthy minded person would do. Sickness should not be taken lightly, but acted on quickly.

The heart edgar allan poe