Which of the following best summarizes "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
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The narrator is disturbed by the old man's eye and plans to end his life to not deal with the eye anymore. He stalks the old man every night eventually driving himself insane.
The narrator no longer wants the old man as a roommate and so he kills him. The narrator hides the corpse under the floorboards in the old man's room. However, the narrator goes insane believing he still hears the old man's heat beating.
The narrator, who refuses to acknowledge his insanity, kills his roommate because of his vulture eye. A neighbor calls the police to investigate a disturbance. The police and the narrator have a lengthy conversation that convinces the narrator he will get away with the crime.
The narrator, convinced he is completely sane, kills the old man whom he shares a home with because he is bothered by the man's vulture eye. The police visits the home to question the narrator about a scream. The narrator believes he hears the old man's heart beating and shows the police where he hid the body.
