Tell Tale Hearts
Tell Tale Hearts Vocabulary
100
His Vulture Eye
Why does he kill the old man?
100
Form or devise
What is conceive?
200
Hid the old man under the floor boards
What did he do to the old man?
200
Recognizably different in nature from something else of a similar type
What is distinct?
300
He hears the old mans hearts. The narrator says,"It was the beating of the old man's heart.
The narrator visits the old man's bedroom every night for seven nights before killing him on the eighth night. What finally causes him to commit the act?
300
Taking place or progressing slowly or by degrees
What is gradual?
400
The old mans eye is "pale blue, with a film over it" indicating a lack of visual clarity and reliability; distorted mind, much in the same way everything the old man sees is filtered through his distorted eye.
The two controlling symbols in the story are the eye and the heart. What might these two symbols represent?
400
Concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense
What is dissimulation?
500
"I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him." "The narrator describes the murder over several pages
Give examples of how Poe creates suspense in the story?
500
Enough; adequate.
What is sufficient?
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