Question

in \the tell - tale heart,\ the sound the narrator hears beneath the floorboards symbolizes which human emotion?
○ happiness
○ guilt
○ anger
○ despair

Explanation:

In "The Tell - Tale Heart", the narrator has committed a murder and hidden the body beneath the floorboards. The sound he hears (the supposed beating of the old man's heart) is a manifestation of his guilty conscience. Happiness is a positive emotion and doesn't fit the context of a murderer. Anger is more about hostility or frustration, and despair is a sense of hopelessness, neither of which align with the psychological burden of guilt the narrator is under.

Answer:

B. Guilt