Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart.” I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the obser
vations of the men—but the noise steadily increased. Oh God! what could I do? I foamed—I raved—I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. It grew louder—louder—louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God!—no, no! They heard!—they suspected!—they knew!—they were making a mockery of my horror!—this I thought, and this I think. Which statement best describes the narrative point of view of this excerpt?
This short sentence briefly describes the primary first-person point of view of the author. The character, perturbed with the anxiety behind his crime, mistakes the actions of the people around him for mockery. Following to it, the characters goes into a manic state which will end up giving him away. The character knows his own thoughts and conjectures about those of the others all along.
