Exposition, Character: The old man, Character: The narrator, Character: Three police officers, Setting: The old man's house, Inciting Incident, The narrator tells the reader that he will prove his sanity by explaining how he murdered the old man because of his eye., Rising Action, Every night at midnight, the narrator sneaks into the old man's bedroom to watch him sleep., The narrator acts kindly toward the old man during the week before killing him., On the eighth night, the old man awakens and sits up in bed, asking, 'Who's there?', The narrator remains still and silent for an hour., The narrator hears the old man's heart beating and throws open the lantern., The narrator pulls the old man's mattress over him and suffocates him. His heart stops beating., The narrator dismembers the body and hides it beneath the floorboards., After finishing at four o'clock, the narrator hears a knock at the door., Three police officers arrive to investigate a reported scream., The narrator shows the officers around the house until he believes they are satisfied., Climax, The narrator has the police officers sit and rest in chairs above the old man's body., Falling Action, While the police officers talk, the narrator begins to hear the dead man's heartbeat., The heartbeat grows louder and louder., Resolution, Unable to stand the sound any longer, the narrator hysterically confesses to murdering the old man.

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