In "The Tell-Tale Heart," we can infer that the narrator confessed because he felt guilty. Throughout the story, the narrator's intense guilt and paranoia build up, leading him to believe he can hear the imagined sound of the old man's heart still beating beneath the floorboards. This overwhelming sense of guilt ultimately drives him to confess to the crime.
In "The Tell-Tale Heart," we can infer that the narrator confessed because...
In "The Tell-Tale Heart," we can infer that the narrator confessed because...
the police already knew.
he felt guilty.
he saw blood on the floor.
the body smelled.
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