It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain

Last updated: 9/19/2023

It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain but once conceived it haunted me day and night Object there was none Passion there was none I loved the old man He had never wronged me He had never given me insult For his gold I had no desire I think it was his eye Yes it was this One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture a pale blue eye with a film over it Whenever it fell upon me my blood ran cold and so by degrees very gradually I made up my mind to take the life of the old man and thus rid myself of the eye forever Now this is the point You fancy me mad Madmen know nothing 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 Who are the characters in the excerpt above O The narrator the vulture and the old man O The narrator and the madman O The madman and the author The narrator and th Res this Ques 1 5 9