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Insanity In The Tell Tale Heart

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My defendant, who shall remain nameless until this trial is over, has done terrible things in his life, that's a given, but there is no reason why my client should be thrown in the state of New Jersey County Prison. This man has the right to a fair trial. For months and months leading up to this case my defendant has been claiming and announcing his sanity to anyone that'll listen, while at the same time gloating on his kill, motivations, and how he would've gotten away with it under different circumstances in the end like accomplishments. Under New Jersey law defendants are found to be legally insane if they meet the requirements of the M'Naghten rule. So it's only right that my client is ruled guilty by insanity and sentenced to ten years in a mental health facility. …show more content…

By his constant assertions of his sanity throughout the entire story, and his calm and proud demeanor he tells the story, shows his non-existent grasp on reality. In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and Other Stories Paige Matthey Bynum " Poe’s narrator in ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ is a morally insane man, and Poe would have expected his readers to locate the symptoms of that condition in the language of his narration"(pg 96). It's apparent that morally the narrator is not in the correct state of mind to actually roam the streets with ordinary civilians and is to mentally unstable to survive in prison. The chances of him performing another heinous act behind bars is

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