Facts about Poe
The narrator hated this about the old man's face
What is his Evil Eye?
The name of the narrator's cat
Who is Pluto?
When did Gothic Literature originate?
1764
Who was the person that Poe had increasingly hostile feelings about in his life?
Who is John Allan?
"Villains!" I shrieked,"Dissemble no more! I admit the deed! - tear up the planks! here, here! - it is the beating of his ___________!"
What is his hideous heart?
What causes the narrator to become closed off to his wife and mean to Pluto?
What is alcoholism?
Gothic setting
What is a castle or house?
Two different types of evidence that you will need to include in your explanatory essays
What are personal and textual?
What did Poe do at the age of 18 in order to pursue his passion for writing?
He left his adoptive family
The heartbeat was a symbol for this in the story
What is guilt?
What caused the narrator to stab out one of Pluto's eyes?
What is a bite?
A terrified, captured character in a Gothic Literature novel.
What is a damsel in distress?
What is is called when the music in a scary movie starts off quiet and slowly builds in order to create feelings of suspense?
What is a crescendo?
What did John Allan maniacally do to Poe when he sent him off to college?
The driving force behind the narrator's actions
What is fear?
What did the Black Cat symbolize in the story?
What is guilt?
Typical mental state of the narrator
What is "mad"?
The main catalyst for creating the feelings of fear and being afraid
What is the mind?
Why is it speculated that Poe wrote such dark fiction and poems?
A response to his childhood trauma: losing his parents at a young age; growing up with John and Frances Allan
Another central idea of the Tell-Tale Heart that centralizes suspicion and mistrust of everyone
What is paranoia?
Give an example of how guilt manifests in narrator's mind
-The image of the cat amongst the rubble of his burnt house
-The relationship with the new cat
-Knocking on the exact spot his wife was buried
What is a prophetic dream?
A way to increase readers' knowledge on a subject, and help the reader understand a subject better
What is the central idea?