EXPOSITION - The old man, The Narrator, the old man's apartment, nighttime, FALLING ACTION - The neighbor calls the police because they heard a scream. The police come to the apartment., RESOLUTION - The Narrator hears a sound that he thinks is the old man's heart. Then, he confesses to the police and shows them where he put the body., CLIMAX - One night the old man wakes up screaming.The narrator puts the bed over the old man until the old man stops breathing., RISING ACTION - For 8 days, the Narrator plots to kill the old man and get rid of "the vulture eye",

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