In "The Tell-Tale Heart," we can infer that the narrator confessed because...

Question

A the police already knew.

B he felt guilty.

C he saw blood on the floor.

D the body smelled.

Answer 1

In "The Tell-Tale Heart," we can infer that the narrator confessed because:

B he felt guilty.

The narrator's overwhelming guilt and the auditory hallucination of the beating heart lead him to confess to the murder.