Which two sentences best explain how poe creates irony in tell tale heart

A The narrator's attempts to hide the murder actually result in him giving himself up to the police.

B The narrator chooses to commit the murder in the middle of the night, when the old man is asleep.

C The more the narrator insists that he is not mad, the more readers can detect evidence of his madness.

D The narrator admits that he could not stop thinking about the old man and about his pale, filmy eye.

E The narrator's neighbor hears the old man shriek and summons the police out of concern for his safety.

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The two sentences that best explain how Poe creates irony in "The Tell-Tale Heart" are:

A. The narrator's attempts to hide the murder actually result in him giving himself up to the police.

C. The more the narrator insists that he is not mad, the more readers can detect evidence of his madness.

These sentences highlight the contradictions between the narrator's intentions and the outcomes of his actions, which are key elements of irony in the story.