The narrator goes against everything the bedroom stands for by taking advantage of the old man's vulnerability while he is comatose. Obviously, we are most vulnerable when we sleep in bed, considering we are temporarily unconscious and sleep well when we feel safe in our bedrooms. Interestingly, Poe reverses the symbol of the safety of being in bed. The narrator uses the bed as a weapon to catch the old man off guard and act when he least expects it, especially since he had been kind to the old man following his murder. And since the bed is the murder weapon, it is an intriguing concept that Poe chose to use the bedroom as a monetary burial place as