The Tell-Tale Heart 告密的心/泄密的心(英文版)
TheTell-TaleHeartisashortstorybyEdgarAllanPoe,Apioneeroftheshortstorygenre,whosestoriestypicallycapturedthemesofthemacabreandincludedelementsofthemysterious.ThestorywasfirstpublishedinJamesRussellLowell'sThePioneerinJanuary1843.Itfollowsanunnamednarratorwhomurdersanoldmanwitha"vultureeye".Murderiscarefullydesigned,andthemurdererhidesthebodybycuttingitintopiecesandhidingitunderthefloorboards.Thenarratordenieshavinganyfeelingsofhatredorresentmentforthevictim.Healsodeniesthathekilledforgreed.Thespecificmotivationformurder,therelationshipbetweennarratorandoldman,andotherdetailsareleftunclear.Ithasbeenspeculatedthattheoldmanisafatherfigure,thenarrator'slandlord,orthatthenarratorworksfortheoldmanasaservant,andthatperhapshis"vulture-eye"representssomesortofveiledsecret,orpower.
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