THE PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR STORY

1. What is the story of tell-tale heart about?

This is the story of a man who lived with an old man of which he cared. The old man had an eye that remembered the man of the eyes of a vulture and to the man this vision made him nervous. One day he decided to kill him. After killing the old man, he broke it into pieces and hid it under some floorboards. Shortly after three policemen knocked on the door because a neighbor had reported that they heard a scream. The man invited them to pass to where he had hidden the old man. At first he was calm but he became nervous and his heart began to beat hard. The man thought that it was the heart of the old man who was still alive. He ended up confessing his crime due the remorse.

2. Who wrote the tell-heart and invented the first macabre stories?
The writer of The tell-heart and the one who invented the first macabre stories was Edgar Allan Poe.

3. What was the first P.H.S?
The first P.H.S that was published was "The Murders in the Rue Morgue".

4. When was it first published?
It was first published in the year 1841.

5. What other story types did the author also invent?

The author also invent the romantic poems, the modern detective stories, the gothic stories and the modern science fiction stories.