The imagination is a very powerful thing. It has the ability to change our environment and live out our dreams or fears. We all have the skill to create mental images and perceive situations in various ways. The way we perceive things as being becomes the way they are to us. In other words the mind makes us believe that what we live out in our minds is what occurs within our own realities. In both stories; “Handsomest Drowned Man In The World” and “The Tell-Tale Heart”, we see how the imagination plays an important role within our lives.
In the story “Handsomest Drowned Man In The World” we see how multiple individuals experience the finding of an extremely tall, big and handsome man in the same way. The story depicts the finding of this drowned man and how the people of the village react. It shows how collectively the people of this village name this man Esteban and begin to create a story behind his image and projection. “Handsomest Drowned Man In the World ”exhibits the imagination giving meaning to the villagers experience of finding this man.
“The Tell-Tale Heart” is another perfect example of how the mind gives meaning and truth to our realities despite the falsity that may be behind it. It depicts a man who has committed a murder and is seemly haunted by his victims heartbeat . He continuously hears the heart beat of the hidden victim and proceeds to give himself up to the detectives. He does this out of fear that they too hear the old mans heart and know that it was him. “The Tell-Tale Heart” shows how the imagination is so strong that it forced the man to believe that the heart beat could actually be heard out loud. It shows how his imagination leaked into his experience of murdering the old man and proceeded to give meaning for the need to turn himself in.
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