Edgar Allen Poe Biography
Where and when was Edgar Allen Poe born?
Boston; 1809
What was the disease that had sharpened the narrator's senses?
Madness, insanity, crazy, mental instability
In what two ways did Death stalk the old man?
The narrator was plotting to kill the old man and old age.
What is the setting (location) of the entire story?
The story takes place in the old man’s house, specifically in his bedroom.
What is a "tell tale?"
That is a person who reveals a private matter OR something that gives note of something that was unknown.
Why did EAP's adopted father dislike him?
John Allan had two "secret" families and when he and Rosalie separated, Edgar sided with his adopted mother.
Had the old man ever wronged the narrator and how did he feel about him (No more than 3 words for 2nd question)?
No; He loved him.
As the old man awakened and sat up in bed, what did the narrator say was the cause? MUST KNOW AT LEAST 1.
1-wind in the chimney, 2-a cricket chirp, 3-a mouse crossing the floor
How does the narrator kill the old man?
He drags the old man to the floor and slams the bed on top of him.
There are 3 types of irony used in the story. Name two.
Situational, verbal and/or dramatic
How did EAP fail out of both college and the army?
John Allan, his adopted father, refused to send him any money.
What did the narrator do every night and every morning?
At night, he would open the old man's door a little each night but not completely and every morning, he would happily greet him and ask him how he slept.
What did the narrator do with the corpse? (MUST NAME BOTH)
The narrator dismembered (cut up) the body and stuffed the parts underneath the floor boards of the old man's room.
When the narrator BADE the officers welcome and they came in with SUAVITY, what do those words mean?
Bade-urged, compelled
Suavity-gracefulness, politeness
What were the two jobs EAP eventually had?
Literary critique and writer (author)
What about the old man's eye didn't the narrator like?
He hated the blue eye that looked like it had a film over it.
What makes the police arrive at the house to do a wellness check?
The neighbor hears a scream and calls the police.
What two things were the narrator obsessed over?
the eye; the heart beat
When did EAP die and of what?
1849 and possibly a brain tumor
How does the narrator feel at the beginning of the tale?
Nervous
The narrator compares the old man's beating heart to. . ?
He compares it to a watch in cotton.
At first the narrator was calm in speaking to the police, what makes him change up to and including admitting his crime?
He became more and more mad because he thought he heard the old man's heart beating under the floor boards.
Even though the sight of the eye vexes him, the narrator has an OVER-ACUTENESS reaction in his sense of hearing.
very keen, heightened, extreme