Characterisation
What colour was the old man's eye?
Pale blue
Where did the killer murder the old man?
In the old man's bedroom
How was the sound of the heart beat described?
A watch wrapped in cotton
Who is the main conflict in the story between?
The killer vs the old man
What device is used in the lines "Object there was none. Passion there was none."?
Repetition
How many police were in the old mans house?
Three
Where did the killer hide the old man's body?
Under the floor boards
How did the killer fit the body in the floorboards?
By dismembering it (cutting it up).
The killer vs the police
What device is used in the line "His room was as black as pitch"?
Simile
Throughout the story, the killer insists he is not _______
Mad
What time did the killer enter the room at each night?
When the killer lit the lantern in the room on the eighth night, where did the sliver of light land?
The old mans eye
The killer told the cops about the murder because _______
He thought he heard the sound of the old man's heart
What device is used in the line "I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there..."?
Alliteration
What was the killer's motive for killing the old man?
Closing the old man's vulture eye for good
What time did the killer finished the murder?
4 am
The killer murdered the old man by ____
Suffocation (dragging the bed on him)
When the narrator asks ¨but why will you say that i am mad¨ he is talking to the ________
Reader
What device is used in the line "He had the eye of a vulture"?
Metaphor
When the old man awoke on the eighth night, the killer states that he knows what the old man is feeling. What is the feeling?
Mortal terror
Why was the old man's room pitch black?
The shutters were fastened, through fear of robbers
What did the killer ask the old man every morning?
How he had slept
What is the main example of Man vs Self conflict?
The killer giving himself up because of his madness/guilt
What device is used in the line "All in vain; because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him..."?
Personification