Prelude. Just before the battle, Grant had captured Jackson, Mississippi, and Pemberton retreated to the west. Attempts to stop the Union advance at Champion Hill and Big Black River Bridge were unsuccessful.
The point of view is that of the first person. Poe decided to write 'The Tell-tale Heart' from the point of view of the young man that is living with the old man. Through this poem, the narrator tells us how he isn't mad or insane, but how it takes cunning to kill the old man he's living with.
- the vantage point or perspective from which a literary work is toldâ¦. 1st person point of view-the narrator is a character in the story (use of âIâ). 3rd person point of view-the narrator is outside of the story (use of âheâ âsheâ âtheyâ). Protagonist.