The murder was planned for the night of Apsince Joseph knew Mrs. In conjunction with his brother John Francis Knapp, they hired local criminal Richard Crowninshield-a man known for his violence-to murder Captain White. However, he concluded that if the will was stolen and the captain died intestate, Mary Joseph would inherit almost all of his fortune. This angered Joseph Knapp, who had expected a sizable amount of money on the death of his great uncle, which he hoped would be sooner than later as he was in a great deal of debt. He despised Joseph Knapp, who had worked for him, labeling him a “lazy, cowardly, fortune hunter.” When his young grandniece Mary married Knapp without White’s consent, she was disinherited and Knapp was fired from his position. He was a tyrant to his family, given to changing his will and using the prospect of inheriting his large fortune as a weapon to keep family members in line. The captain was not a beloved elderly family member. Beckford that he had changed his will, which was not a surprise. Knapp.Ĭaptain White had recently told Mrs. Beckford’s daughter, also named Mary, lived a short distance away in the town of Wenham and was married to Captain White's grandnephew, Joseph J. White lived in a distinguished landmark house in Salem with Benjamin White, a distant relative and house handyman Lydia Kimball, a domestic servant and Mary Beckford, his housekeeper niece. This quote illustrates in the beginning he was a little unsure why he did it but he changed his memories to revolve around the eye that he found so utterly gross.Illustration of the murder of Captain Joseph White.Ī brutal crime in Salem, Massachusetts inspired author Edgar Allan Poe to write his famous psychological murder mystery, “The Tell-Tale Heart.” On the evening of April 6, 1830, the murder of 82-year-old Captain Joseph White, a wealthy retired shipmaster and trader, shocked the residents of the small town of Salem. Whenever it fell upon me my blood ran cold” (Poe, par. He describes, “ I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this! One of his eyes resembled that of a vulture - a pale blue eye with a film over it.
and At the beginning of the story, the narrator explains what the eye looks like and uses it as an excuse for the murder. Secondly, he still hears the heartbeat after knowing he's dead. The narrator was probably insane before the murder of this man. 11) This quote reveals that he seems to be okay with the death over the eye. This, however, did not vex me it would not be heard through the wall” (Poe par.
But for many minutes the heartbeat on with a muffled sound. The narrator describes near the middle of the story a sense right after he kills the old man “I then smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done. 100%!! The state of mind of the Narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart” is insane because of the specific details that he includes, and he is an unreliable narrator.
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