Notes
The tone is dark, tense, and unsettling.
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Nucleus
How does the author use imagery and sensory details to create a frightening atmosphere in this passage? Provide at least two examples.
Faces in the walls; Cutting up bodies, etc.
ending in a sharp point
Acute
troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
Vexed
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Fire
How would you describe the narrator and old man's friendship at the BEGINNING of the story?
The narrator insists he never hated the old man. Why does this detail matter to the overall meaning of the story?
It shows he only wanted the Vulture Eye
seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
Foresight
held in check with difficulty
Stifled
What does the word "Macabre" mean?
disturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury
The imagery of: “its claws gleamed in the faint light, dripping black ichor” appeals most strongly to which sense?
Sight
What does the narrator’s obsession with the old man’s eye reveal about his mental state? Use evidence from the text
He is crazy, paranoid, etc.
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17 Inches
professing feelings or virtues one does not have
Hypocritical
Gothic; psychological
At the BEGINNING of the story the phrase “But the night does not care for bonds” is a turning point in the story. What type of tone is it shifting to?
Happy to Terrifying
What is the significance of the ticking sound the narrator hears? What might it symbolize beyond just the old man’s “heart”?
The narrator's guilt and paranoia
the act of deceiving
Dissimulation
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Cam Newton
In what year AND what newspaper was the "Tell-Tale Heart" published?
Published in 1843 in the newspaper “The Pioneer”.
How does Guilt change the narrators behavior in the story? What is one specific thing in the story that shows the narrators guilt and paranoia?
The narrator confesses to the police; the Tik-Tik sound that only he hears
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Mitochondrion
aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery
Audacity
military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor
Fatigues