the narrator is introduced he wishes to prove his sanity to the readers despite having killed a man over his deformed eye
exposition
conflict
the narrator lives in the same building as an old man who has a disturbing eye .The narrator says its deformed, looking like a vulture eye with a film covering it.
rising action
over the next eight days the narrator plots killing the old man to get red of eye.Each night he enters the old mans room with a lantern until he sees the eye
finally,one evening, the old man wakes up and screams, then the narrator pulls the man off the bed and smothers him with his mattress until he can can no loner hear the old mans heart beat,
climax
summoned by a neighbor, the police arrive, citing that someone reported the scream.the narrator tries to cover up by saying it was him that screamed, and that the old man was out of town
falling action
the story ends when the narrator believes he hears a ticking noise that grows louder and louder.He believes that it is the sound of the old mans heart and confesses to the police