<P> `` The Tell - Tale Heart '' is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe , first published in 1843 . It is relayed by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity while simultaneously describing a murder he committed . The victim was an old man with a filmy `` vulture - eye '' , as the narrator calls it . The narrator emphasizes the careful calculation of the murder , and he hides the body by dismembering it in the bathtub , and hiding it under the floorboards . Ultimately , the narrator 's feelings of guilt , or a mental disturbance , result in him hearing a thumping sound , which he interprets as the dead man 's beating heart . </P>
<P> `` The Tell - Tale Heart '' is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe , first published in 1843 . It is relayed by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of his sanity while simultaneously describing a murder he committed . The victim was an old man with a filmy `` vulture - eye '' , as the narrator calls it . The narrator emphasizes the careful calculation of the murder , and he hides the body by dismembering it in the bathtub , and hiding it under the floorboards . Ultimately , the narrator 's feelings of guilt , or a mental disturbance , result in him hearing a thumping sound , which he interprets as the dead man 's beating heart . </P>
where does the narrator hid the body in the tell-tale heart
where does the narrator hid the body in the tell-tale heart
under the floorboards
under the floorboards