The Tell-Tale Heart #1
Who is the author of The Tell-Tale Heart?
Edgar Allan Poe
During the week before the narrator killed the Old Man, how did he act towards him?
He was never kinder to him.
He cared for the Old Man.
What did the Old Man cry out?
"Who's there?"
Where and when does the story take place?
In the Old Man's house, specifically in his bedroom. It also takes place in a city.
The Old Man's eye is like a vulture.
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
simile
His eye is compared to that of a vulture.
What does the villainous narrator want the reader to believe?
That he is not mad or insane
What was the reason that the narrator killed the Old Man?
His blue eye was like that of a vulture.
It vexed him.
What does the narrator do by accident- as a result waking up the Old Man?
His finger slipped on the lantern making a noise.
How does the narrator explain the Old Man's absence?
He is in the country
He is away on a trip.
What made the narrator confess to the murder?
Guilt - he actually thought that the cops could hear the heartbeat!
To whom is the narrator telling the story in 1st person?
To the readers (like a confession after the fact)
How did the narrator kill the Old Man?
He smothered him with a mattress to muffle the sound.
How many times did the Old Man shriek?
Once, and only once.
What is the climax of the story?
When the narrator suffocated the Old Man with a mattress.
What is the definition of unreliable narrator?
A narrator of a story or film that is not trustworthy
What era was "The Tell-Tale Heart" written?
1700's
1800's
1900's
2000's
1800's
Why couldn't the narrator kill the old man over the first 7 days?
He wanted to see the old man's routine before he killed him.
After the Old Man was killed what two acts did the narrator do to conceal the body?
He dismembered it.
He hid it under the floorboards.
Whose heartbeat was beating in the story?
It was the man's anxieties because the pace of his own heart beating louder and louder.
The narrator claimed death stalked with his black shadow before.
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
metaphor
death is compared to a black shadow
What point of view is "The Tell-Tale Heart" told? Why?
1st
It uses the pronoun "I"
When does the narrator kill the Old Man?
On the 8th night
Why were the police sent to the house?
A neighbor heard a shriek.
Where did the narrator bury the body?
He buried the Old Man under the floorboards.
Give one example of any type of irony (dramatic, situational, or verbal)
________________________________________.