Poe's Life Story
The narrator visits the old man's bedroom every night for seven nights before killing him on the eighth night. What finally causes him to commit the act?
What is him hearing the old man's heart. The narrator says, "It was the beating of the old man's heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into rage...the hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker and quicker, and louder and louder every instant...I thought the heart must burst. And now a new anxiety seized me--the sound would be heard by a neighbor! The old man's hour had come!"
What does the speaker in The Raven believe the raven is?
What is a Raven of "death".
What is a comparison between two unlike things that uses the words "like" or "as" called?
What is Virginia Clemm and what is 13
Fun fact: Virginia was his cousin
Give at least 2 examples how Poe creates suspense in the story?
(1) Foreshadowing - "I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him."
(2) Pacing - the narrator describes the murder over several pages;
(3) Dangerous Action - the narrator invites the police officer to sit directly above the dead body.
What is the speaker's conflict in The Raven?
What is the speaker mourning his deceased love, Lenore.
What is enclosing or enfolding completely with or as if with a covering.
What is a description of a character's appearance, behavior, interests, way of speaking, and other mannerisms called?
HINT: THERE ARE 2 TYPES!
The types: Direct and In-Direct
What does the story's title mean?
What is the beating heart that eventually drives the narrator to confess his crime.
What does the speaker realize at the end of the poem?
What is him feeling he will never be happy again.
What is the quality of being charming and gracious in manner
What is the environment in which a story or event takes place called?
(I.E. A lonely farmhouse on a dark eerie night)
What is SETTING!
That one was an easy one.
The narrator dismembers the body and carefully places it under a few floor boards in the old man's room. He's confident that his crime will not be discovered, even inviting the investigator to sit on a chair directly above the dead body. Uses bathtub to prevent blood or anything else from being discovered.
How does the narrator's emotional state change during the poem?
What is a deliberate and vigorous motion of the hands or body.
What is leading someone to predict the future of the story.
What college was Edgar kicked out of? After leaving the US Army?
What is West Point.
The narrator claims he is not mad. What evidence do we have that he is? Give three examples.
(1) He murders an old man because of his "vulture eye";
(2) He hears sounds from hell;
(3) He dismembers the dead man's corpse;
(4) He hears the beating of a dead man's heart;
(5) He is paranoid;
(6) He is "nervous--very, very dreadfully nervous."
What is contemptuous laughter, showing Contempt or scornful laughing.
What type of poetry did Edgar Allen Poe write?