In Jules Dassin’s film version of The Tell-Tale Heart, the sound of the beating heart starts and stops at first instead of beating continuously. Which sentence BEST explains thi…

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In Jules Dassin’s film version of The Tell-Tale Heart, the sound of the beating heart starts and stops at first instead of beating continuously. Which sentence BEST explains this decision by the director?

1) He wanted to show that the sound was a product of the protagonist’s imagination.
2) He wanted to trick the audience into thinking that the protagonist had died of mental anguish.
3) He wanted to indicate that the protagonist was free of torment only in his dreams.
4) He wanted to demonstrate the way that the sound took not only a mental but also a physical toll on the protagonist.