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The Tell Tale Heart

by Edgar Allen Poe

True!-nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses-not destroyed-not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily - how calmly I can tell you the whole story.
Which response describe the narrator's perspective in this paragraph? Select the two correct answers.


The narrator is an objective outsider in the story.

The narrator is retelling a story that was told to him.

The narrator is directly addressing the story's main character.

The narrator is a character in the story.

The narrator is directly

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
- The narrator is a character in the story.
- The narrator is directly addressing the reader.

Explanation: The passage is first-person ("I") so the narrator takes part in the events, and he speaks to "you" ("why will you say that I am mad?…Hearken!")—addressing the listener/reader directly.