A Murderous Mind
This character becomes increasingly unstable as he obsesses over the raven’s message.
Who is the narrator?
In The Tell-Tale Heart, this part of the old man’s body symbolizes paranoia and the narrator’s guilty conscience.
What is the eye?
The narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart insists he loves the old man but wants to kill him because of this.
What is his vulture eye?
The narrator of this Poe poem loved this character "with a love that was more than love."
Who is Annabel Lee?
Montresor and Fortunato walk through this eerie setting before reaching Fortunato’s final resting place.
What are the catacombs?
Montressor lures Fortunato into the catacombs by appealing to his love of this.
What is wine?
What is Amontillado wine?
This piece of furniture, where the raven perches, represents wisdom and maybe even judgment.
What is the bust of Pallas (Athena)?
In The Cask of Amontillado, Montresor claims he must not only punish but do this to his victim.
What is punish with impunity?
“A low dull quick sound, much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton" is uttered by this totally sane narrator.
Who is the narrator from the Tell-Tale Heart?
This character kills anyone he comes into contact with.
Who is the Red Death?
The narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart visits the old man’s bedroom for this many nights before committing the crime.
What is seven?
In the poem, the raven most likely symbolizes this haunting emotion or idea.
What is grief/depression?
This emotion ultimately leads the narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart to confess his crime.
What is guilt?
“A thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best I could” is the opening line said by this narrator.
Who is Montressor?
The police sit directly above this object, unaware that a dead body is hidden beneath it.
What is the floorboards?
When the narrator first hears the tapping, he thinks it might be this person.
Who is Lenore?
In The Tell-Tale Heart, the sound of the heartbeat represents this emotion consuming the narrator.
What is guilt?
The method Montresor uses to murder Fortunato.
What is walling him up alive?
This one-word phrase is repeated by the raven throughout the poem, driving the narrator mad.
What is "Nevermore"?
The final sound Fortunato makes before Montresor completes his wall of bricks.
What is the jingling of bells?
In The Tell-Tale Heart, what finally causes the narrator to confess to the murder?
What is the sound of the old man's heartbeat?
The Montresor family coat of arms features a foot crushing a snake that bites back, symbolizing this.
What is retribution or revenge?
The narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart compares the old man’s heartbeat to this sound, increasing his anxiety.
What is a ticking clock?
The narrator of the Raven is depressed and mourning the loss of which character?
Who is Lenore?
The Raven never explains what happened to Lenore, making her fate one of these storytelling devices.
What is a mystery?