Poe gave his narrator in “The Tell Tale Heart” multiple currently diagnosable psychological disorders: bipolarity, obsessive compulsive disorder, psychopathy, paranoia. Although he is a psychopath by Hare's definition, of the disorders, the narrator's sense of fear is by far the most motivating. At first reading, it might seem that the narrator committed murder because of his unjustified hatred towards the victim, or more specifically, the victim's “evil eye.” And later, he confesses his crime due to the overwhelming guilt he feels and which makes him feel the beating of the dead man's heart. However, as a psychopath, the narrator is incapable of feeling guilt. I will demonstrate that it was not hatred towards what is outside of himself that drove the narrator to murder and confession, but hatred and immense fear for the crazy side of himself that drove him to such actions irrational. After burying the corpse under some floorboards, the narrator, proud of his work, states that “no human eye – not even his – could have detected anything wrong.” For the narrator, the old man is able to see beyond what the average person can see. One might assume that it was the fear of visual judgment that led the narrator to resort to murder. While this is true, a stronger motivation was the fear of one's own madness. The fact that he feared the eye made him see the irrational side of himself. Refusing to acknowledge his mental disorder, the narrator gives an alternative name to his paranoia, characterized by a hypersensitivity to sound: "nervousness." The phrase “I have nothing to fear” is repeated immediately after the murder and in the presence of the police because he tries to convince... middle of paper... but the torment of being labeled crazy. The eventual anxiety attack, characterized by irrational behavior such as frequent talking, and subsequently foaming, raving, swearing and violent actions towards his chair, which is, ironically, the typical behavior of the madman. Works Cited Haycock, Dean. “Hare Psychopathy Checklist.” Health online. 2003. http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/hare-psychopathy-checklist/3Jerga, Josh. “The accused chainsaw killer had 'shark' eyes.” News.smh. 11/15/2010. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/accused-chainsaw-murderer-had-shark-eyes-20101115-17u4c.html.Merriam-Webster. 2010. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antisocial%20personality%20disorderPoe, Edgar Allan. "The heart of the story." The Norton Anthology of American Literature. 7th ed. vol. Bed. Baym, Nina. New York: Norton, 2007. Print.