The man was caught and he was to explain the reason why he did it and how he did it. without them thinking he is crazy
how then, am i mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily, how calmly i can tell you the whore story. (poe)tone: calm
exposition
The man is telling how the idea entered in his brain and how he was thinking in that moment, how he cant sleep to overthinking in the old man.
it is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but one conceived, it haunted me day and night. (poe)tone: anxious
conflict
the man is confessing how he began to persecute the man, how that idea began that did not leave him alone
And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opening it--oh so gently! And then, when i made an opening
rising action
when i describe the wise precautions i took for the concealment of the body. The night waned, and i worked hastily, but in silence. First of all i dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs (Poe).Tone: cripy, psichotic
climax
The man is confessing to the officers what he do with the body of the old man.
falling action
the man was trying to calm down and not get nervous so they wouldnt realize what he had done.
I smiled,- for what had i to fear? I bade the gentle men welcome. The shierk, i said, was my own in a dream. The old man, I mentioned, was absent in the country. I took my visitors all over the house.
the mas accept what he do
I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that i must scream or die! and now - again1- hark !louder!louder!louder!louder! (poe)anxious.