El corazón delator, cuento de Edgar Allan Poe - ESP/ENG



Un día como hoy, 19 de enero de 1809, nació el famoso escritor Edgar Allan Poe. Quienes me conocen saben que este es mi escritor favorito de todos los tiempos y mi manera de honrarlo el día de hoy va a ser hablando un poco sobre una de sus historias más famosas (y una de mis favoritas), el corazón delator. De por sí, ya tenía planeado hablar de los relatos cortos de Edgar cada cierto tiempo, de hecho, ya había comenzado a hacerlo con su también reconocido relato corto, "El gato negro".

Si te interesa conocer más sobre las historias de este magnífico escritor, sígueme leyendo.

On a day like today, January 19, 1809, the famous writer Edgar Allan Poe was born. Those who know me are aware that this is my favorite writer of all times and my way of honoring him today is to talk a little bit about one of his most famous stories (and one of my favorites), The Tell-Tale Heart. I had already planned to talk about Edgar's short stories from time to time, in fact, I already started to do it with his also recognized short story, "The Black Cat".

If you are interested in learning more about the stories of this magnificent writer, keep reading.



El corazón delator es uno de los cuentos más populares de Edgar. En unas pocas páginas esta historia logra adentrar al lector en la mente de una persona perturbada y paranoica que termina cometiendo un asesinato por una razón que a primera vista puede parecer totalmente absurda, pero que si se analiza detenidamente puede tener bastante sentido dependiendo de la forma en que se interprete.

El relato es narrado por el propio protagonista masculino (como sucede en varias historias de Edgar) de forma que pareciera que estuviera dirigiéndose a nosotros, los lectores. Con sumo detalle, el hombre comienza a contarnos el asesinato que cometió, como si estuviera confesándose, también nos menciona que él no cree que este loco, porque, ¿cómo podría alguien loco haber planeado todo de forma tan meticulosa?.

Siguiendo su relato sin reservarse nada, este ser perturbado nos pone en contexto y nos explica que es una persona bastante nerviosa que vivía con un señor de edad avanzada, cuyo ojo lo hacía sentir incómodo, pues, en sus palabras, "se asemejaba al de un buitre…un ojo celeste, y velado por una tela”. Como ese ojo lo hacía sentir esas sensaciones negativas, decidió arrebatarle la vida al viejo para acabar con su tormento.


"𝐸𝑙 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑗𝑜 𝘩𝑎𝑏𝑖́𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑜. 𝐿𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑒́ 𝑒𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑐𝘩𝑜́𝑛 𝑦 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒́ 𝑒𝑙 𝑐𝑎𝑑𝑎́𝑣𝑒𝑟. 𝑆𝑖́, 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑎 𝑚𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑜, 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒 𝑚𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑜. 𝐴𝑝𝑜𝑦𝑒́ 𝑙𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑏𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑧𝑜́𝑛 𝑦 𝑙𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑖́ 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑜 𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜. 𝑁𝑜 𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖́𝑎 𝑒𝑙 𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑑𝑜. 𝐸𝑙 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑗𝑜 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑢𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑜. 𝑆𝑢 𝑜𝑗𝑜 𝑛𝑜 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖́𝑎 𝑎 𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑒." - 𝐵𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑙 𝑐𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑜.


Habiendo planificado todo de forma tan minuciosa, logrando así su cometido, el hombre creyó que había llevado a cabo un crimen perfecto, por lo que se sentía satisfecho, lo que él no sabía es que el asunto no iba a terminar ahí y la locura que el tanto se empeñó en negar mientras nos contaba su historia, le jugó una mala pasada, quedando su crimen expuesto.

The Tell-Tale Heart is one of Edgar's most popular stories. In just a few pages this story manages to take the reader into the mind of a disturbed and paranoid person who ends up committing a murder for a reason that at first sight may seem totally absurd, but if we analyze it carefully it can make a lot of sense depending on the way it is interpreted.

The story is narrated by the male protagonist himself (as happens in several of Edgar's stories) in a way that makes it seem as if he is speaking to us, the readers. With great detail, the man begins to tell us about the murder he committed, as if he were making a confession, he also mentions that he does not believe he is crazy, because, how could someone crazy have planned everything so meticulously?

Following his narrative without holding anything back, this disturbed person puts us in context and explains that he is a very nervous guy who lived with an elderly man, whose eye made him feel uncomfortable, because, in his words, " His eye was like the eye of a vulture". Since that eye made him feel these negative emotions, he decided to take the old man's life to put an end to his torment.


"𝑇𝘩𝑒 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑. 𝐼 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑑𝑐𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝘩𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝘩𝑖𝑠 𝘩𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡. 𝑇𝘩𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑. 𝑌𝑒𝑠. 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑! 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒. 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑦𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑜 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑒!"
- 𝑆𝘩𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑒.


Having planned everything so carefully, thus achieving his goal, the man believed he had committed the perfect crime, so he felt satisfied, what he did not know was that the issue would not end there and the madness that he insisted on denying while telling us his story, played a dirty trick on him, leaving his crime exposed.



Se comenta que este relato entra en el género de terror fantástico, lo cual podría ser cierto, ya que si se podría adjudicar la forma en la que el protagonista fue descubierto a un hecho sobrenatural, pero, yo particularmente pienso que es más una historia de terror psicológico, pues desde mi punto de vista en realidad fue la psique del protagonista la que lo traiciono, su locura se mezcló con la culpa, llevándolo a alucinar y a condenarse así mismo.

Leyendo nos daremos cuenta de que el protagonista hace vida en un espacio cerrado. Se sabe que el encierro puede llevar a la locura, sería entendible que esto generara en él una paranoia sin sentido, pues no hay ninguna amenaza real, es solo él y su mente creando una historia retorcida basada en un sentimiento de acoso que no tiene fundamento en la realidad, solo en su psique.

Poe con su narrativa nos muestra una historia en donde el hombre se enfrenta a sí mismo y a su mente, lo cual resulta superinteresante, pues todos sabemos que el poder de la mente humana puede llegar a ser muy terrorífico. Esta es una de las cosas que me encantan de este escritor, pues muchas de sus creaciones literarias son de este estilo y eso hace que nosotros como lectores tengamos que agudizar nuestra capacidad de análisis.

It is said that this story falls into the genre of fantasy horror, which could be true, since the way in which the protagonist was exposed could be attributed to a supernatural event, but I particularly think it is more a story of psychological horror, because from my point of view it was actually the psyche of the protagonist that betrayed him, his madness became mixed with guilt, leading him to hallucinate and condemn himself.

While reading we will realize that the protagonist lives in an enclosed space. It is known that confinement can lead to madness, it would be understandable that this would generate in him a paranoia without sense, because there is no real threat, it is just him and his mind creating a twisted story based on a feeling of harassment that has no foundation in reality, only in his psyche.

Poe's narrative shows us a story where a man confronts himself and his mind, which is very interesting, because we all know that the power of the human mind can be very terrifying. This is one of the things I love about this writer, because many of his literary creations are of this style and that requires us as readers to sharpen our analytical skills.


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Este relato es una lectura indispensable si eres una persona que disfruta del género de terror y lo mejor de todo es que al ser un relato corto, no toma mucho tiempo leerlo.

Las historias de Edgar valen la pena leerlas, tiene escritos de diferentes géneros y de verdad que su forma de escribir es muy envolvente. Espero que al leer mi post se animen los que aún no han leído historias de él, a echarle un vistazo a sus creaciones.

This story is a must read if you are a person who enjoys the horror genre and best of all, since it is a short story, it doesn't take long to read.

Edgar's stories are worth reading, he has writings of different genres and his way of writing is really catching. I hope that reading my post will encourage those who have not yet read his stories to take a look at his creations.


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Muchas gracias por leerme. 🌻

Thanks a lot for reading me. 🌻




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Este cuento, siempre me acuerdo por el capítulo de Los Simpsons jaja

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Poe should be in everybody’s favorite author list. Isaac Bashevis Singer once said he read him in five different languages. My favorite short story from him is The Pit and the Pendulum, I can’t count the number of times I have read it.

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Poe should be in everybody’s favorite author list.

That's right, that's the way it should be🤓

Isaac Bashevis Singer once said he read him in five different languages.

Excuse my ignorance, I don't know who that man is, but he must be someone very smart if he did that 😌😎

My favorite short story from him is The Pit and the Pendulum, I can’t count the number of times I have read it.

That's a good one! soon I'll talk about it here too.

Thanks for commenting.💕

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Hi, Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Jewish writer who always wrote in Yiddish. He won the Nobel Prize in 1978. His work in intense, lovely and heartbreaking at the same time. He is one of my favorite authors of all times. I did a little recommendation about him last year, read it on this post: https://ecency.com/hive-180164/@thereadingman/here-they-are-the-10. I hope one day you can read something from Singer. Take care.

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