A Murderous Mind
In The Tell-Tale Heart, the narrator claims he is not mad but is actually plagued by this heightened sense.
What is hearing?
In The Tell-Tale Heart, this part of the old man’s body symbolizes paranoia and the narrator’s guilty conscience.
What is the eye?
The narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart insists he loves the old man but wants to kill him because of this.
What is his vulture eye?
The narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart insists he is not this, despite his erratic behavior.
What is mad?
Montresor and Fortunato walk through this eerie setting before reaching Fortunato’s final resting place.
What are the catacombs?
The narrator of The Cask of Amontillado lures Fortunato into the catacombs by appealing to his love of this.
What is wine?
Montresor’s family motto, “Nemo me impune lacessit,” foreshadows this theme in The Cask of Amontillado.
What is revenge?
In The Cask of Amontillado, Montresor claims he must not only punish but do this to his victim.
What is punish with impunity?
“For the love of God, Montresor!” is the last plea from this doomed character.
Who is Fortunato?
This tool is hidden beneath Montresor’s cloak, symbolizing his sinister intent.
What is a trowel?
The narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart visits the old man’s bedroom for this many nights before committing the crime.
What is eight?
The jester outfit Fortunato wears serves as an ironic symbol of this.
What is foolishness?
This emotion ultimately leads the narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart to confess his crime.
What is guilt?
“A thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could” is the opening line of this Poe story.
What is The Cask of Amontillado?
The police sit directly above this object, unaware that a dead body is hidden beneath it.
What is the floorboards?
Montresor uses this pretext to trick Fortunato into the vaults beneath his home.
What is testing the Amontillado?
In The Tell-Tale Heart, the sound of the heartbeat represents this emotion consuming the narrator.
What is guilt?
The method Montresor uses to murder Fortunato.
What is walling him up alive?
In The Tell-Tale Heart, the narrator refers to his crime as this.
What is a perfect crime?
The final sound Fortunato makes before Montresor completes his wall of bricks.
What is the jingling of bells?
In The Tell-Tale Heart, what finally causes the narrator to confess to the murder?
What is the sound of the old man's heartbeat?
The Montresor family coat of arms features a foot crushing a snake that bites back, symbolizing this.
What is retribution?
The narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart compares the old man’s heartbeat to this sound, increasing his anxiety.
What is a ticking clock?
At the end of The Cask of Amontillado, Montresor reveals that Fortunato’s fate has been hidden for this many years.
What is fifty?
In The Tell-Tale Heart, the old man is hidden in this part of the house.
What is under the floorboards?