Miscellaneous Questions
What physical feature about the Old Man drove the narrator crazy?
His pale blue eye
What family member died when Poe was only 3 years old?
His Mother
This story takes place in a character's bed chamber
"The Raven"
If you wanted to learn about Edgar Allan Poe's life, what text would you read?
The Edgar Allan Poe Biography
What does the audience know about the narrator in "Tell-Tale Heart" that he does not know about himself?
That he is crazy.
In "The Raven", who was the man always thinking about and missing?
His lost beloved wife Lenore
When Edgar Allan Poe was 3 years old, who left him?
His father
In this story, a corpse was hidden under the floor boards
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
What is the structure of the biography of Edgar Allan Poe?
Informative Text (non-fiction)
What is the setting of "A Tell-Tale Heart"?
In the narrator's home at night/early morning
What does The Raven say every time the man asks a question?
Nevermore
During his childhood and teenage years, who did Edgar Allan Poe fight with?
His adopted father, John Allan
This poem contains a sad man and a talking bird
The Raven
What is the structure of "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
Narrative Text (Fiction Story)
What is the mood in "The Tell-Tale Heart?"
Tense, Suspenseful, Eerie, Frightening, etc
What is the mood of this in this section?
No doubt I now grew very pale; --but I talked more fluently, and with a heightened voice. Yet the sound increased --and what could I do? It was a low, dull, quick sound --much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I gasped for breath --and yet the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly --more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased. I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased.
The mood is uneasy
Edgar Allan Poe also lost his dearly beloved...
Wife named Virginia
This short story includes a crazy guy and an old man with a huge blue eye
Tell-Tale Heart
What is the structure of "The Raven"?
Poetry
How does the nighttime setting add to the mood of "The Tell-Tale Heart"?
Night time is more spooky or moody
What is the author's tone in this phrase from Poe's biography?
"Virginia died in 1847. Poe was very upset. He became sick and struggled with money"
The tone is negative.
How did the following life events affect Edgar Allan Poe's stories & poems?
-Passing of his mother & his father leaving
-Fighting with his adopted father
-His wife Virginia passing away
All of these events affected his writing by making his stories and poems focus a lot on:
-Darkness
-Conflict
-Loosing important people
This text contains facts about Edgar Allan Poe's Life
Edgar Allan Poe Biography
In "Tell-Tale Heart", what does the sentence, "In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I myself, in the wild audacity of my own perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim." mean?
The narrator is confident that the police will not find out that he killed the old man.
Name an event in the story that helped create the mood in "The Tell-Tale Heart".
1. The man talking about the heartbeat
2. The man killing the old man
3. The policemen & the man sitting on top of the old man's body.