Black Cat Plot Events
The narrator harms Pluto by removing this.
What is his eye?
This is the point-of-view that "The Black Cat" is told from.
What is First Person?
This is the object in "The Tell-Tale Heart" that causes the narrator to kill the old man.
What is the old man's eye?
The unnamed person who insists on his sanity while telling the story.
Who is the narrator?
The narrator describes himself as having this heightened ability.
What is extremely sharp hearing (or heightened senses)?
This character is about to become a father of this number of children.
What is three (triplets)?
The narrator kills Pluto using this method.
What is hangs the cat?
This is the name of the first cat.
What is Pluto.
This is a symbol in "The Tell-Tale Heart."
What is the old man's eye, the bedroom, the lantern, or the heart?
The victim who possesses the disturbing “vulture eye.”
Who is the old man?
The old man is characterized by the narrator by this unsettling feature.
What is his pale blue “vulture” eye?
This event triggers the need for volunteers to die.
What is the birth of triplets?
The narrator hides his wife’s body in this part of the house.
What is the wall (behind the cellar wall)?
What is unique/ different about the second black cat?
The second cat, nearly identical to Pluto but with a mysterious white patch.
"The Tell-Tale Heart," is told by the narrator in this format.
What is first person? (Narration).
This group arrives at the house after hearing a disturbance.
Who are the police officers?
The narrator’s careful planning and actions suggest this trait.
What is obsession?
Edward ultimately refuses to accept this system.
What is population control (mandatory death policy)?
The narrator's tells the story as a narration and a ---- on the even of his death.
What is a confession?
This represents the narrator’s descent into madness and guilt.
What is the Alcoholism?
The narrator kills the old man using this method.
What is suffocating him?
The narrator claims to feel affection toward this character despite murdering him.
Who is the old man?
The police officers display this attitude during their investigation.
What is confidence?
Edward’s final act suggests this theme.
What is the value of human life over societal control?
The narrator initially spares Pluto from harm because of this emotion.
What is guilt (or lingering affection)?
What was the narrator's "disease?"
What is "Alcoholism"
The narrator is obsessed with this feature of the old man.
What is his eye (the “vulture eye”)?
The narrator appears to be telling his ----.
What is confession?
The narrator ultimately reveals his crime due to this overwhelming emotion.
What is guilt?
This famous playwright is referenced in the title, highlighting the story’s theme of existence versus nonexistence.
Who is William Shakespeare?