Narrator/Author
What had the madness done for the narrator's senses? Made them what vocab word?
Sharpened them. Made them ACUTE.
Insane; demented. Ex: I heard many things in the heavens and in the Earth. I heard mean things in hell. How then, am I __________?
Why does the narrator decide to kill the old man?
The old man has an eye that reminds the narrator of a vulture's eye. The narrator calls it an "Evil Eye."
What is the relationship between the old man and the narrator?
He rooms in the old man's house/caretaker
What technique of creating suspense does this example employ: "Yes, he has been trying to comfort himself with those suppostions; but he had found all in vain. All in vain."
Repeating words, phrases, or character's actions
What does the Villainous Narrator strongly want readers to believe?
That he is not insane
Willingness to take bold risks. Ex: I can't believe that person actually had the _________ to say something like that.
audacity
What makes the old man spring up in bed and cry out on the eighth night?
The narrator's thumb slips on the lantern he is holding, make a loud noise.
What technique is being used: "Now I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton."
Choosing vivid words to describe sights and sounds
Who is the author of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?
Edgar Allan Poe
Enough. Adequate. Ex: And then, when I had made an opening _____________ for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed, so that no light shone out, and then I thrust my head.
Sufficient
What does the narrator finally do the old man?
He kills him.
What technique is being used: And now a new anxiety seized me -- the sound would be heard by a neighbor!"
Describing a character's anxiety or fear
This story is a subgenre of a popular genre. What are the subgenre and genre?
Gothic and Horror
In a passionate and intense manner. Ex: I gasped for breath -- and yet, the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly -- more ___________; but the noise steadily increased.
vehemently
How does the narrator hid the old man's dead body.
What is the beating heart a symbol of?
The narrator's guilt
What technique is being used: True! -- nervous -- very, very dreadfully nervous."
Both Describing a character's anxiety & fear; and Repeating words, phrases or character's actions
When was 'The Tell-Tale Heart' written?
1843
Showing great knowledge and emotional depth.
Profound.
Why does the narrator confess to the 3 police officers in his apartment?
The narrator believes he hears the old man's heart beating below the floorboards, but it's really his own.
What technique is being used: "I moved it slowly -- very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man's sleep.
Repeating words, phrases, or character's actions