Question

the tell - tale heart by edgar allan poe. it is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. object there was none. passion there was none. i loved the old man. he had never wronged me. he had never given me insult. for his gold i had no desire. i think it was his eye! yes, it was this! he had the eye of a vulture - a pale blue eye, with a film over it. whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees - very gradually - i made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever. use the passage to answer the question. what does the juxtaposition in this passage reveal about the narrators perspective? (1 point) that the narrator feels little emotion for other people that the narrator does not understand why the old man must be killed that the narrator feels compelled to kill the old man for an irrational reason that the narrator often acts without thinking

Explanation:

The passage shows the narrator's extreme reaction to the old - man's eye, planning to kill him without a rational cause. The juxtaposition highlights the narrator's irrationality.

Answer:

that the narrator often acts without thinking