Charles cannot bear to be in the company of his uncle, his only relative, because he cannot bear to look at his ugly vulture like eye. He is plagued by voices in head If thine eye offends you, pluck it out, voices which he cannot ignore, voices which tell him he must kill his uncle at midnight and then his senses sharpened in his minds ear the rhythmic beating of the old man’s heart, beating out his last breath.

Author: Edgar Allan Poe