The Tell-Tale Heart - Creative ending

The Tell-Tale Heart… “ Villains! I shrieked, dissemble no more! I admit the deed! – Tear up the planks! Here, here! – It is the beating of his hideous heart!”

The police officers stood in disbelief before shouting: “Sir! You are under arrest! You have the right to remain silent! Put your hands on your head and turn around!” I followed his orders without resistance, unable to think of an escape.One of the police officers proceeded to tear up the floorboards while the other one handcuffed me. Fortunately, I was too skinny due to my anxiety disorder and was able to slip through and escape through the window.

I landed in the bushes and quickly got back on my feet. I then ran through the streets until I reached a 7/11. Without thinking twice, I entered the store and murdered the cashier, taking his clothes and hiding the dismembered corpse under the floorboards. I played the cashier’s role until the police officers came in to buy a box of donuts. Despite my costume, they were quick to recognise me and I admitted to my second murder. However, before they could react, I pulled out a shotgun from under the counter and killed them both. Then, I kept the tradition alive and buried the bodies under the floorboards.

Several minutes later, a customer entered the store and walked slowly through the isles. When I looked at him closely, I realized that his earlobe was attached. This detail repulsed me and sparked the desire to do away with him. When he approached the cash, he made a fatal remark: “The floorboards are cracking more than usual.”-“I didn’t kill anyone! I’m innocent!” I screamed.Without warning, I pulled the trigger and the deed was done. I dismember the body, as usual, and hid it along with the others.

Soon after, a second customer walked in. As he walked towards the back of the store, he dropped his keys and bent down to retrieve them. I was scared that he might discover the bodies, so I took the necessary precautions and did away with him like the others. I felt calm and content, so I turned on the radio and listened to an old country song. It had a particular drum line that disturbed me greatly. I proceeded to gun down the radio to relieve my discomfort and buried it.

To my great disbelief, the drumming sound persisted. It was barely noticeable and much too regular. I began to sweat as it grew louder and louder. Soon, it was a choir or beating noises. Suddenly, I realized that the sounds were in fact the beating of the multiple hideous hearts hidden in the floor. There was only one option left. I ran outside to the nearest cemetery, found a shovel, and dug a large hole in the soil. I jumped in and with a pull of the trigger, my agony was over.

The End

Valérie David, Laurence Labelle, Marie-Lyne Lapointe

Creative writting - My proposal

A TV program should always capture the attention and interest of the viewer for the following episodes. As the director of the new TV program based on the story of Ernest Hemingway, A Day's Wait, I will do my best to do so by creating a proper setting for each episode and by enlarging the internal conflict of the story with different contradictions that people could be part of from a country to another.

In the story of A Day’s Wait, the setting is an important aspect since the internal conflict is based on it. There is a contradiction between the French Celsius and the English Fahrenheit. The story takes place in the 1930’s in Europe, probably in France. To create this setting, the costumes of the actors will be important. Since the great Depression just began, families had no money to spend on clothes or shoes. Men and women would only get the clothes they could afford. In this case, the costumes of the actor would not look to expensive. The house in which the story will take place would be with smooth white walls and a sleek streamlined appearance. They would be cube-shaped homes to express the spirit of the machine age. With this setting, the Europe 1930 will be dissimulated threw the viewers eyes. But the TV program would not only refer to the 1930 years in Europe, but all around the world. The TV show will present the differences between a lot on country. In this case, a lot of different setting will be presented.


The internal conflict of the boy will be showed as something very popular in children mind. Every episode would show this conflict in a different aspect always in the mind of a child. For example, a child could make the mistake between miles and kilometres as mentioned in the story. Furthermore, not only children form Europe or America would be conscientious of this conflict but children from all around the world. Each episode would last thirty minutes. In this case, the TV program would then intensify the internal conflict of A Day’s Wait. The whole TV program would be developed around this idea. However the first episode of the TV program will be the story as describe in A Day’s Wait. It would keep its originality so the viewers understand clearly what the TV program is trying to make them realize. The first episode will then stick with the setting as mentioned before and with the same ending of Hemingway story.


Hemingway’s story, A Day’s Wait, is a capturing story that will keep the viewer attention.