audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim. 16 the officers were satisfied. my manner had convinced them. i was singularly at ease. they sat, and while i answered cheerily, they chatted of familiar things. but, ere long, i felt myself getting pale and wished them gone. my head ached, and i fancied a ringing in my ears: but still they sat and still chatted. the ringing became more distinct: - it continued and became more distinct: i talked more freely to get rid of the feeling: but it continued and gained definitiveness - until, at length, i found that the noise was not within my ears. 17 no doubt i now grew very pale; - but i talked more fluently, and with a heightened voice. yet the sound increased - and what could i do? it was a low, dull, quick sound - much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. i gasped for breath - and yet the officers heard it not. i talked more quickly - more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased. i arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. why would they not be gone? i paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observation 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. but any thing was better than this agony! any thing was more tolerable than this derision! i could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! i felt that i must scream or die! - and now - again! - hark! louder! louder! louder! louder! 18 \villains!\ i shrieked, \dissemble no more! i admit the deed! - tear up the planks! - here, here! - it is the beating of his hideous heart!\ he tell - tale heart\ by edgar allan poe (1843) is in the public domain. paragraphs 16 - 18 a. write: what causes a change in the narrator in paragraphs 16 - 17? b. write: describe the change that occurs in the narrator in this section. c. write: what conflicts does the narrator deal with in this section?

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audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim. 16 the officers were satisfied. my manner had convinced them. i was singularly at ease. they sat, and while i answered cheerily, they chatted of familiar things. but, ere long, i felt myself getting pale and wished them gone. my head ached, and i fancied a ringing in my ears: but still they sat and still chatted. the ringing became more distinct: - it continued and became more distinct: i talked more freely to get rid of the feeling: but it continued and gained definitiveness - until, at length, i found that the noise was not within my ears. 17 no doubt i now grew very pale; - but i talked more fluently, and with a heightened voice. yet the sound increased - and what could i do? it was a low, dull, quick sound - much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. i gasped for breath - and yet the officers heard it not. i talked more quickly - more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased. i arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. why would they not be gone? i paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observation 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. but any thing was better than this agony! any thing was more tolerable than this derision! i could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! i felt that i must scream or die! - and now - again! - hark! louder! louder! louder! louder! 18 \villains!\ i shrieked, \dissemble no more! i admit the deed! - tear up the planks! - here, here! - it is the beating of his hideous heart!\ 	he tell - tale heart\ by edgar allan poe (1843) is in the public domain. paragraphs 16 - 18 a. write: what causes a change in the narrator in paragraphs 16 - 17? b. write: describe the change that occurs in the narrator in this section. c. write: what conflicts does the narrator deal with in this section?

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# Brief Explanations:
A. The increasing loudness of the perceived heartbeat - like noise causes the change in the narrator. As the sound grows more distinct and louder, the narrator becomes more agitated.
B. The narrator changes from being seemingly at - ease and chatting cheerily with the officers to becoming extremely agitated, pale, and eventually confessing. The change is from a state of false calm to one of panic and hysteria.
C. The narrator deals with internal conflict (the guilt and the self - imposed auditory hallucination of the heartbeat) and external conflict (the presence of the officers who he believes are mocking him or suspecting him).
# Answer:
A. The increasing noise of the perceived heartbeat.
B. Changes from false calm to panic and hysteria.
C. Internal guilt and self - imposed auditory hallucination, external suspicion from officers.

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