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Contemporary Short Story Foreshadowing
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In the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart," by Edgar Allan Poe, what is the significance of the narrator's repeated mention of his "acute senses"?
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It foreshadows his ability to hear the beating of his victim's heart after the murder.
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The narrator's repeated mention of his acute senses, particularly his hearing, foreshadows the auditory hallucination he experiences after killing his victim. This hallucination, in which he hears the victim's heart beating beneath the floorboards, becomes a symbol of his guilt and paranoia.