Poe's Short Stories

Tell tale heart

Explain the IRONY in the story. what type of irony is present? Explain.

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THere is a lot of verbal irony in the narrator's delusions of gender. By the time we figure out that our narrator is actually a paranoid crazy man we can surmise that this guy will somehow give himself away; perhaps this is a little bit of dramatic irony as well.