narrator and plot
Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart" is written from this perspective
first person narration
Why does the narrator want to kill the old man?
What does the Villainous Narrator strongly want readers to believe?
that he is not insane
scrutinize
In what era is "The Tell-Tale Heart" written?
1800s
On what character traits does the narrator pride himself?
A) His ability to lie and steal
B) His friendliness and thriftiness
C) His sneakiness and thievery
D) His intelligence and patience
D) His intelligence and patience
Question: How does the narrator kill the old man?
A) With a pillow
B) Shooting him
C) Suffocating him with a mattress
D) Strangling him with his hands
C-- suffocating him
Whose heart beat does the narrator hear?
his own
Synonyms: famous, well-known, prominent, esteemed, distinguished
renowned
Where does the narrator hide the Old Man's corpse?
under the floor boards
the narrator hears this after hiding the body under the floorboards
heart beating
Question: Which of the following is NOT true about the narrator?
A) He is compassionate
B) He is nervous
C) He is insane
D) He has a mental disorder
A-- he is compassionate
During the week before the narrator killed the old man, how did he act towards him?
he was never kinder to him
Allie has an _______________ vocabulary: it seems like she knows every word in the dictionary!
expansive
What is the relationship between the old man and the narrator?
He rooms in the old man's house/caretaker
Why were the police sent to the house?
The neighbor heard a shriek
The narrator says that one of his senses became very acute. Which sense is it?
hearing
Where did he take the police to rest from their fatigues?
The Old Man's Chamber
I ___________________ go for chocolate desserts, but I enjoy a little bit of lemon-flavored bars or anise-flavored biscotti once in awhile.
predominantly
What did the old man cry out when awakened?
"Who's there?"
The narrator's raging paranoia causes them to do this, which ultimately leads to the story's resolution
confess
The narrator says that he took him a long time to place his head inside the doorway to the old man's room. What does this tell you about the narrator?
A) His is kind
B) He is tired
C) He is cautious
D) He is intelligent
C-- cautious
Clue-- first word does not come from the vocab for Poe's work!
robustly; crevice
How many times did the old man shriek?
once, and only once
In this type of narration, the narrator can enter into all the thoughts and feelings of all the characters
3rd person omniscient
The narrator claims that he is not insane because of the way he can tell us the story. How does he say he can tell the story?
calmly
When dismembering the old man, the narrator was quite sure that he would not be caught because this had caught every drop of blood
tub
The narrator says that he loved the old man yet he _____________ him to death. Then he ____________ argues over and over that he is not insane!
stifles /stifled; vehemently
What was most likely the relationship of the narrator to the old man?
caretaker/worker (or relative)
In this type of narration, the narrator is limited to knowing the thoughts and feelings of only one character
3rd person limited
How long did it take the narrator to place his head into the door so that he could see the old man?
one hour
"True! –Nervous– very very dreadfully nervous I has been and am;..." (721). This stylization hits the point over and over again.
repetition
What did the narrator do by accident-as a result waking the old man?
made a noise (his finger slipped on the lantern, making a noise)
Why would the narrator call the old man's eye a "vulture eye"?
A. The old man was as ugly as a vulture in the narrator's opinion
B. The narrator was projecting his desire to kill the old man into his description of the hated eye
C. The old man had a fake blue eye that was probably pretty ugly
D. Fake eyes were usually taken from dead animals back in the 1800's
E. A and C
F. B and C
G. C and D
F --
B. The narrator was projecting his desire to kill the old man into his description of the hated eye
C. The old man had a fake blue eye that was probably pretty ugly