Kiki Islawati Anasti Putri
English Department, Faculty of Letters, Bosowa University, Makassar 90231, Indonesia

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CRIMINOLOGY IN LITERATURE: THE TELL TALE HEART BY EDGAR ALLAN POE Andi Tenri Abeng; Kiki Islawati Anasti Putri; Dahlia D. Moelier
KLASIKAL : JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, LANGUAGE TEACHING AND SCIENCE Vol 5 No 1 (2023): Klasikal: Journal of Education, Language Teaching and Science
Publisher : Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.52208/klasikal.v5i1.834

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This study aims to analyse the criminology aspects, types of crime found in The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe and the motives that drives the criminal in committing such crime. The methodology used in this research is qualitative descriptive method and used theory from Wilson and Durkheim about aspects and types of crime. The result shows that there are four aspects of criminology found in the short story: the lens, the theorization, the historycization and the comparison applied in how crime and justice have similarities and differences in criminology as compared to literature. The type of criminal is personal or violent crime and the motive behind the crime is the vulture eye owned by an old man that create uneasiness in the criminal mind along with his disease resulting in him murdering the old man