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Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart What Should the Killer’s Punishment Be? In Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart, the narrator describes the brutal murder of his roommate, while constantly pleading his case of sanity. Through this, we come to realize that the narrator is nothing other than insane. Although the narrator is insane, he committed a grotesque murder and should pay for what he did. In a case like this, although the …

…people who commit these grotesque murders usually remain in the asylum for as long as they would in jail. These people are a severe threat to themselves and to others, which is why they should be under the care of trained professionals at all times. In conclusion, I think the narrator should remain in an insane asylum for the rest of his life where psychiatrists can constantly pick his brain; that should be punishment enough!