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HUMAN ACT. An act that is performed only by a human being and thus is proper to man. ... When a human being does such acts, they are called acts of man but not human acts. Acts of man, therefore, are acts shared in common by man and other animals, whereas human acts are proper to human beings.
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"Presently I heard a heavy footstep in my room--the step of an elephant it seemed to me--it was not like anything human."
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Romanticism is sometimes characterized as the larger movement, of which the Gothic is a part, a subset, or variety. ... Gothic is often seen as the more popular genre; it's also identified more typically with women, while Romanticism is identified with men.
Answer: Two character traits that the narrator demonstrates are <u>insanity</u> and <u>paranoia.</u>
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In this short story written by Edgar Alan Poe, the narrator wants to assure us that he is sane, although he has committed a murder. However, it very soon becomes clear to the readers that he is <u>insane</u>. He is obsessed with his roommate's evil eye, which is why he kills him:
<em>"I undid it just so much that a single thin ray fell upon the vulture eye … but I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work; for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye."</em>
After killing his roommate, the narrator chops him up. He, however, becomes <u>paranoid</u>, convinced that the dead man's heart is still beating. When the police arrives, he hears a heart beat, and assumes that they can hear it too. He believes that they know his secret and thus confesses to the police:
<em>"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. But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision!"</em>
