<P> `` The Tell - Tale Heart '' is a first - person narrative of an unnamed narrator , who insists he is sane but is suffering from a disease ( nervousness ) which causes `` over-acuteness of the senses '' . Due to the ambiguity surrounding the identity of the story 's narrator , the narrator 's gender can not be known for certain . However , for ease of description , masculine pronouns are used in this article . </P>
<P> `` The Tell - Tale Heart '' is a first - person narrative of an unnamed narrator , who insists he is sane but is suffering from a disease ( nervousness ) which causes `` over-acuteness of the senses '' . Due to the ambiguity surrounding the identity of the story 's narrator , the narrator 's gender can not be known for certain . However , for ease of description , masculine pronouns are used in this article . </P>
what disease does the narrator in the tell tale heart have
what disease does the narrator in the tell tale heart have
nervousness
nervousness