The document provides a critical appreciation of Edgar Allen Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" in 3 paragraphs. It begins by defining what a short story is according to Poe's own words. The second paragraph summarizes the beginning of the story, noting the narrator describes themselves as "nervous, very dreadfully nervous." The final paragraph indicates the story contains ambiguity. The document was submitted to the Department of English at Bhavnagar University.

1. Critical appreciation of Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” Siddharth G. Desai E-C-303-The American Literature M.A. Sem-3 Roll No.-07 Department of English Bhavnagar University

2. What is Short Story? (In Poe’s words…)

3. The Beginning of the Story…“True!-nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous…”

4. Ambiguity in the story

5. Thank YouSubmitted to Department of EnglishBhavnagar University