The Tell-Tale Heart WRAP WWho- an unnamed man and the man with the eye What- a murder story about a man who kills someone else ( the old man) because he is tired of his blue lazy eye When- the early 1800’s Where- mostly in a crazed man’s bedroom Why- to tell what was on his mind and to tell the RReport- this story would probably go under the genre of goth, mystery, and suspense. AAnalyze- I would think that the author would want us to feel scared and frightened by the events in the story. P- this poem probably got into Poe’s mind by witnessing something horrific.