Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart." Which statement best explains how the reader can
determine that the narrator is unreliable?
But you should have seen me. You should have seen
how wisely I proceeded—with what caution—with what
foresight—with what dissimulation I went to work! I was
never kinder to the old man than during the whole week
before I killed him. And every night, about midnight, I
turned the latch of his door and opened it-oh so
gently! And then, when I had made an opening
sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed,
closed, that no light shone out, and then I thrust in my
head. Oh, you would have laughed to see how
cunningly I thrust it in!
O The narrator is very kind to the old man during the
whole week before the murder.
O The narrator checks on the old man every night at
midnight to ensure his well-being.
O The narrator closes the lantern tightly so the old
man is not awakened by the bright light.
O The narrator believes that his audience will approve
of and even laugh at his plot to murder the old man.