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    002115 0019

    English A: Language and Literature

    Course section: Part 4 Critical Study

    Candidate name: Sadha Satya Lotan

    Candidate number: 002115 0019

    School name: Cita Hati Christian High School

    Topic: Edgar Allan Poe

    Title: Incident report #314159

    Text type: Police report

    Learning outcomes:

    Explore Poes connection with the old man in the short story.

    Analyze how the main character descends into madness.

    Word count:

    Rationale 298

    Text 956

    Pages 7

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    Rationale
    The written task will be based on The tell-tale heart written by Edgar Allan Poe in
    1843 from part 4 Critical Study. It will be written in the form of a police report. This text
    type is chosen because of its ability to explain the conditions of the murder and the crime site
    briefly.
    The persona used in the text will be one of the officers involved in the story. First
    person point of view will be used in the police report because it is recommended and
    commonly used to convey the information. The audience of this text will be the superior,
    either the police chief or the commanding officer. The diction of the police report is formal
    because it is intended for the superior. The police report will have a serious tone and mood.
    The purpose of the police report is to inform the superior of the crime which happens based
    on the story and explain the conditions as brief as possible which will also include the motive
    of the murder. Poe has bad relationship with his father, John Allan. Therefore, this will also
    be the motive of the murder.
    Several literary devices are used in this written task. Alliteration is used to pass the
    information in the report more effectively. Amplification and tautology are used to emphasize
    some important information. Anaphora, anadiplosis and asyndeton are used to connect some
    information in a more fluent way to be more understandable.
    The font in the report is chosen to be suitable with the time setting. The names, city,
    and case number used in the report are used only for the completion of the written task. The
    case number used in this report will be #314159, therefore the suitable title for the written
    task will be Incident report #314159.

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    DELAWARE STATE POLICE DEPARTMENT


    DELAWARE, FIORE

    Incident Report #314159


    Report Entered: 27/05/1840

    Case Title Location


    MURDER BAKER STREET NO.17

    Date/Time Reported Date/Time Occurred


    29/05/1843 03:49 29/05/1843 00:10

    Incident
    Type/Offense
    MURDER/HOMICIDE (187 PC)

    Reporting Officer Approving Officer


    LESTRADE, GREG ANDERSON, JAMES

    Person
    s
    Role Name Sex Age Date of Birth
    VICTIM HENRY, NICHOLAS MALE 72 26/03/1771
    WITNESS ALFRED, HOLMES MALE 39 19/02/1804

    Offenders

    Status Name Sex Age Date of Birth


    SUSPECT MORIARTY, NEAL MALE 28 31/01/1812

    Narrative

    On Monday, May 29th 18.43, Neal Moriarty (male, 28) was placed
    under arrest at Baker Street No.17, after making a confession of
    committing a murder against Nicholas Henry (male, 72).

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    About three hours before the arrest was executed, a neighbor,


    Holmes Alfred (male, 39) called the police office and informed that he
    had heard a loud shriek. Three police officers, including myself, were
    deputed to search the premises and went to visit the reported address.

    After arriving at the location and ringing the bell, the suspect,
    Moriarty, went out and welcomed us. After entering the house, we
    observed the situation, everything was surprisingly normal, nothing
    seemed suspicious. The suspect first explained that the loud shriek was
    because of his nightmare. After a long search and asking several
    questions to the suspect, we were quite satisfied and agreed that
    nothing had happened in the house. After the suspect proudly showed us
    that no money had been stolen, he led us into a certain bedroom to have
    some conversation. Again, nothing seemed suspicious. However, after a
    while, the suspect's condition became agitated. He suddenly swung the
    chair he had been sitting on. He shouted that he was the villain and he
    admitted the deed. He requested us to tear up the planks beneath his
    seat and we found a dismembered dead corpse. After checking the corpse,
    the corpse was identified as Nicholas Henry. On that day, May 27th 1840,
    Henry was found dead because of the murder done by Moriarty.

    Moriartys condition when he welcomed us was far too calm, for


    someone who just committed a murder; a murder, which would not have been
    known if Moriarty never admitted the deed. The large house revealed
    nothing wrong. All of the possible and obvious evidence was discarded
    before we entered the house. This murder is classified as a planned
    homicide.

    We immediately placed Moriarty under arrest and brought him in for


    interrogation. Moriarty stated that Henry had never wronged him,

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    neither insulted him. No gold of Henry was wanted by Neal. This


    explained why no gold was missing. Moriarty confessed that the main
    motive was because of a pale blue eye of the victim with a film over it,
    what he also called the eye of a vulture. Moriarty stated that every
    time the eye fell upon him, it caused him chills; therefore Moriarty
    decided to get rid of the eye forever by murdering Henry. In fact, just
    by looking at it, it could be found out that the eye of the victim was a
    medical abnormality. The cornea will be examined later to find the cause
    of its deformed appearance. Another motive of the murder was that
    Moriarty hated Henry, because Moriarty felt abandoned by Henry who he
    had thought of as a father.

    Moriarty confessed that he had been observing on the victim


    for the last eight days. Moriarty stated that he used a lantern to look
    at the victim's eye. He waited for the correct time to commit the
    murder, when the victim's eye was opened. Seven days passed but he did
    nothing because the eye was closed, most likely because he was sleeping.
    Moriarty further mentioned that at that whole week during the day, he
    was never kinder to Henry. Finally on the eighth night, Moriarty saw
    that the eye was opened, thus he began the task, which was to murder the
    victim, Henry. Moriarty also mentioned that before murdering Henry, he
    fairly chuckled when entering Henrys room because he thought that
    Henry was not suspicious at all on himself and the chuckle woke Henry
    up. Moriarty waited for one hour without moving, but Henry was still
    awake. Then, Moriarty rushed into the room and dragged Henry to the
    floor and Moriarty pulled the heavy bed over Henry to kill him.
    Apparently, the loud shriek, which was the reason why the neighbor
    called us, was the last thing Henry did while being killed.

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    According to Moriarty's statement, after knowing the victim was


    killed by suffocation, he dismembered the victim in a tub and hastily
    hid the pieces below the floor planks. The red blood was washed clean,
    leaving no signs of a crime. In fact, the bathroom was clean and no
    visible trace of blood could be found.

    Based on Moriarty's statement, he confessed because he felt


    nervous due to the sound of a beating heart, which he suddenly heard
    after we arrived. The sound kept getting louder and it drove him to
    paranoia until he finally admitted the deed. The crime would never have
    been without his breakdown. However, I and the other two officers had
    not heard any suspicious sounds like the sound of the beating heart.
    Therefore, the murderer, Neal Moriarty, might have some mental disease
    where he assumed to hear a sound which did not exist.

    This premeditated murder should undergo further examination,


    especially to find the weapon used for the dismemberment and the clear
    relationship between Moriarty and Henry. Based on the background check,
    Moriarty, who planned a murder and dismembered the corpse, had neither
    family nor friends. There will be no defense against the judge in the
    court. The neighbor, Holmes Alfred, has also approved and signed a
    certified request letter to willingly go to the court as a witness to
    the loud shriek.

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