The Tell Tale Heart
The two main characters.
Who brings the paw to the White's home?
Who the narrator is grieving.
Lenore
The emotions the reader feels as they read a text.
mood
Clues about events that have not yet happened
Foreshadowing
The reason the narrator wanted to kill the old man.
The old man's vulture eye
The holy man put a spell on the paw to show that people should not interfere with this.
The raven repeats this word to torment the narrator.
Nevermore
The author's attitude towards the subject of their writing.
tone
"True - nervous - very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?'
What type of irony is this?
Verbal Irony
The amount of total nights the narrator watched the old man sleep.
8 nights
Who is the bust that the bird perches on?
Pallas
The message you take away from the story. Main idea is what the story is mainly about.
Theme
The narrator confesses to the crime of killing the old man.
What kind of irony is this?
Situational Irony
This is what the beating heart symbolizes in the story.
How many days has Herbert been deceased when Mrs. White wants Mr. White to use his second wish?
ten days
The raven symbolizes this.
grief/loss/death
The 2 main symbols in "The Tell Tale Heart"
The old man's eye
The heartbeat
The narrator tells the reader that he is going to kill the old man, but the old man has no idea he is in danger.
What type of irony is this?
Dramatic Irony
This is why the narrator confesses to the murder.
He hears the beating of the old man's heart.
This is what we can infer is Mr. White's final wish.
For Herbert to be dead again.
What disease killed so many of his loved ones?
TB
The difference in appearance and reality
This is what the monkey's paw symbolizes?
temptation/greed