Which of the following best describes the significance of the beating heart throughout the story, "The Tell-Tale Heart B"?
• It represents the narrator's own death, like the old man's, drawing near as he faces punishment for his crime.
• It represents the narrator's guilt and worsening sanity, for the beating heart serves as a reminder of his crime.
It shows there is something supernatural happening to the narrator, for the ghost of the old man is haunting him.
It signifies the narrator's anxiety about not burying the old man respectfully after killing him.