“Why does a raven look like a desk?” » Because Poe wrote about both of course! Poe is a rather fanatical character who likes to embellish his stories with things that will shock normal people. Well known as the King of Horror, he weaves interesting stories that would make any normal person cringe, but he was not a normal person at all, but in reality. He wove real-life stories from the minds of murderers, wrote them on paper, and then published them for the world to read. This method is why “The Tale Tell Heart is so worth reading as it draws the reader in by weaving a beautiful tale through people's interpretations, Poe's symbols, and theme. Interpretation or establishment of meaning; it’s how one person takes another’s story. Reading "The Tale Tell Heart", a sane person would realize that it was just the story of an old man murdered by the man who takes care of him, but abnormal people take it differently . Some say the heartbeat heard by the killer in the story is just insects and other noises coming from outside. It's like they're saying the man isn't crazy at all, which might be pretty believable. Talking about heartbeats brings out the "Deathwatch" mentioned in the story. They are also said to be just crickets or insects of some sort, which could be reasonably spotted if we knew what kind of setting they were in, but the story only reveals one room in which they are located, not whether they are in a city or in the country. This would provide the answer to what heartbeats actually are. Whether it's insects or just his imagination. (Robinson) The next topic people bring up is traumatic events associated with things of the unknown... middle of paper ...... ger Allan Poe Society of Baltimore. July 10, 2009. February 20, 2010. Silverman, Kenneth. ProQuest. 1991. February 15, 2012. Stanford, doctoral students of. Shmoop. February 18, 2012. Warmack, Martha. The Poe decoder. 1997. February 20, 2010. Zimmerman, Brett. Proquest. 2001. February 15, 2012. Zimmerman, Brette. Frenetic forensic oratory. April 2001. February 20 2010 .