Also, the old man’s heart is metaphorically a watch as can be seen in the story. The narrator likens himself to a watch watching the old man’s demise. The writer has also used the watch to illustrate various themes.

He also claims that the sight of the other man’s eye chills the marrow in his bones. This is evident when the narrator says that the other man’s eyes make his blood run cold. The eye has also been used to show that it can sometimes do strange things. The old man’s eye is also symbolic in that it can mean the character has problems with his outlook of the world. He thus as a final point bears the brunt of a vulture by killing the other man. His actions are similar to those of the vulture which is always obsessed with carcasses and predates on any carcass in the vicinity. He has become allergic to seeing the other man’s eye and when he makes his final decision he says ‘it haunted me day and night’. He kills the man because he cannot stand observing a horrifying sight. The story shows the narrator being against the other human being not because of dislike but because he has a pale blue eye which he sees as an obstacle to his own well being. This is similar to a vulture which preys on other animals without considering that those animals also have rights to life. The writer has used a vulture in showing how the narrator viewed the old man’s eye to symbolize the narrator’s lack of concern towards the suffering man. This is evident when the narrator says that he is not mad while he does not act normally. The writer has used symbolism vividly in his article. These include the use of symbolism, imagery, figurative language, tone and theme. This article explains the annotation of The Tell-Tale using various techniques.

The tell tale heart annotated