His constant use of adjectives draws the reader into what is truly affecting them. The tone that seems to be set by a mentally disturbed person sets the tone for the duration of the story. For example: “The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was dead as a stone... His eye wouldn't bother me anymore. (Poe 1591) Only a crazy person would kill someone because of a defective eye. It may have been terror at first when there was suspense that something bad could happen, but overall the story embodies horror because the narrator took action and killed the man for something so miserable. This horror affected the reader's perspective even more towards the end, when there was no sound other than the man's heartbeat in the