POINT+OF+VIEW

In which point of view is this story told? The narrator can be described as a paranoid schizophrenic man. He worries about his fears and dwells on them until he is driven insane. To make the story feel more real. It builds up suspense.
 * Describe the narrator. Use quotes from the story that describe him.
 * "Phantasies such as these, presenting themselves at night, extended their terrific influence far into my waking hours. My nerves became thoroughly unstrung, and I fell a prey to perpetual horror. I hesitated to ride, or to walk, or to indulge in any exercise that would carry me from home. In fact, I no longer dared trust myself out of the immediate presence of those who were aware of my proneness to catalepsy, lest, falling into one of my usual fits, I should be buried before my real condition could be ascertained. I doubted the care, the fidelity of my dearest friends."
 * "Not even these well-contrived securities sufficed to save from the uttermost agonies of living inhumation, a wretch to these agonies **foredoomed**!"
 * What purpose does Poe have in writing this story in the 1st person point of view?
 * Use images to illustrate the narrator of this story.