"The Tell-Tale Heart"
The narrator shines his lantern beam on this.
What is the old man's vulture eye?
In the exposition, the narrator is distracting himself by...
The profession of Poe's biological parents
What are actors?
a possible THEME or message for "The Raven"
What is The sorrow that comes with the loss of a loved one cannot be undone, or,
You can't outsmart grief.
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What is beg?
The narrator boldly sets his chair over this spot.
What is the place where the remains are under the floor?
The setting of "The Raven"
What is midnight, December, narrator's home (decorated in purple), windy, cold, tense and scary mood? (any of these work!)
One of the theories about Poe's death
What is... rabies, a beating, alcohol, flu and pneumonia, cooping for drink, carbon monoxide poisoning, cholera or cholera treatment, brain tumor, tuberculosis, suicide, syphilis, hypoglycemia/diabetes?
MOOD is the feeling created in
What is the reader (you!)?
The narrator in "The Raven" is looking for SURCEASE of sorrow. This means
What is an ending?
The narrator believes this delusion about his hearing.
What is his belief that he can hear all things on earth, in heaven, and in hell?
the one word that the raven says
What is "Nevermore"?
Poe never seemed able to make this person happy.
Who is his foster father?
"The Raven" contains end rhyme and this kind of rhyme.
What is INTERNAL RHYME?
The night was black as PITCH...
What is tar?
The narrator tries to convince us of this.
What is that he is not mad (crazy)?
the bird is sitting on a symbol of the narrator's war in himself and also his wisdom (bust of this character)
What is Pallas Athena?
Poe married Virginia Clemm, and she was this to him.
What is his cousin?
"Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before" is an example of
What is ALLITERATION?
You have some AUDACITY asking me to repeat the directions when you were talking! The narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" has AUDACITY when he puts his chair over the very floor boards...
What is nerve or boldness?
This is what the narrator thinks the policemen can hear.
What is the beating of the dead old man's heart?
What is your name? Can I drink a potion to forget her? Is there a universal cure for pain? Will he hold her again? Says raven will leave him/ orders raven to leave.
Baltimore's NFL team
What are the Ravens?
the kind of narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Raven"
What is FIRST PERSON NARRATOR or UNRELIABLE NARRATOR?
What is made angered, troubled, or annoyed?