Summary of Tell-Tale Heart

The narrator keeps saying that's he's not mad, but just nervous. He loved the old man, but because he was scared of his eye- pale blue eye with a film over it. The old man treated him very well, and never insulted him, but just because of the eye, the narrator decides to kill him. For 7 nights in row, the narrator went to him bedroom and spends one whole hour just sticking his head inside the door. He couldn't kill the old man at night because he was only scared of his eyes, but when the old man was asleep, his eyes were closed. The narrator wasn't able to kill the old man at those times. On the 8th night, he couldn't stand it anymore. When he went into the room, the accidentally chuckled, which startled the old man. Both of them stayed in the same position for a long time without moving a muscle. The narrator then opened the lantern and he then saw the eyes of the old man and got furious. He dragged the old man on the floor and threw the bed on him. After the old man died, the narrator cut the body into pieces and hid them under the floor. Then, policemen came knocking on the door. The narrator chatted with the policemen and the policemen didn't suspect him too. But then, he started to feel nervous and he heard his heart pounding. Louder and louder as he felt more nervous. The heartbeats made him feel nervous also. In the end, he admitted that he killed the old man because he couldn't stand the feeling.