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In the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart," by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator's obsession with the old man's "vulture eye" can be seen as a symbol of:
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The narrator's obsession with the old man's "vulture eye" is a symbol of his guilt over killing the old man. The narrator is constantly haunted by the image of the old man's eye, which he sees as a symbol of his own guilt and shame.