Question

Why does the narrator want to tell his story? to confess what he has done before he dies to explain what the ghosts have done to him to prove that he is innocent of any wrongdoing to convince others of what has happened to him

Answer 1

Critics have interpreted the sound of the beating heart as the narrator's guilty conscious reminding him of his deed. In this reading, the narrator finally confesses his crime because his guilt grows so great that he can no longer hold it in.

Answer 2

Answer: to confess what he has done before he dies

Explanation: because he feels so quilty after what he’s done