In the story a tell tale heart what do the heart and clock symbolize

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The Heart - Traditionally the heart symbolizes the emotional center of the individual. In "The Tell-Tale Heart," it symbolizes the narrator's guilt. He hears the heart twice, immediately before killing the old man and when the police are investigating the crime.

zhuklara [117]3 years ago

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THe heart represent guilt because it was all in his head, and the clock represents death approaching, hope this helps.

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