The story was about a man whose conscience comes to torture him. At first he is waiting for his aunt to come, however, a shriveled up man who is his "conscience" comes first. He is tortured by his conscience. The man wants to kill him, but he cannot because the man's heart is too light. When the aunt comes and tortures the man about his life, the conscience because heavy and the man proceeds to kill him. He is left with a life free of his conscience.
I think that the theme definitely plays with the fact of confidence. He is so confident to stand up against his aunt that he drives himself to overcome anything that is in the way. I think that it is definitely psychological. I think he wants to impress his aunt, but the power she has over him is unbearable. He "kills" his conscience as a way of standing up against her.
In the end I think he drove himself into madness. I think he never really saw the "conscience" but had a struggle with himself.
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