As Edgar Allan Poe is widely known for his dark and profound short stories, he developed several characters within his short story collection. Although the short stories were limited in length, Poe adequately developed the characters in his short stories to give the impression of the characters he wanted. Poe created his characters and depicted them in ways that were similar but different from each other. Poe ultimately used his character development to reveal his writing style and push toward the gothic side of romanticism. In the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart,” Poe did an excellent job developing the character of the narrator. The narrator can above all be characterized as being a wreck. From the beginning to the very end of the story, the narrator was full of nerves. His nerves ultimately led him to his own fate in history. The narrator was a lonely and paranoid man, considered to be on the verge of illness and madness. His behaviors were very clueless throughout the story; it was as if there was always a tension on his conscience and his feelings. Poe used the narrator's behaviors to emphasize his mental stability and reveal the theme of the power of conscience. The main conflict of the story was that the narrator felt angry with the old man who lives in his house. The old man's eyes had a tendency to drive the narrator crazy, even though the man had never done any harm. The narrator was very disturbed because of his enigmatic eyes which made him feel cold. The narrator's character developed as Poe showed the narrator as crazy when he sneaked into the old man's room for seven consecutive days. Her reluctance to kill the old man during those seven days proved that her conscience was a powerful opposing force...... middle of paper ...... possible age because she manipulated Fortunato into wanting follow him. Montresor's considered plan in his revenge was to make Fortunato drink wine all the way to the catacombs. This showed that Montresor was very wicked in taking revenge by hurting his fellow noble. The way Montresor handled his revenge on Fortunato was cruel and revealed his extremely brutal character. Fortunato ended up being stapled to a wall that was also covered up when Montresor built stone walls to keep him away from society. Montresor's unsympathetic character was revealed when he left Fortunato to die in the catacombs. Montresor's unethical way of resolving his conflict with Fortunato revealed that human nature can be driven to a great extent into the act of revenge. Poe used Montresor's psychological anger to describe his theme of vengeance and darkness in humans..