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Who wrote The Tell-Tale Heart?
Edgar Allan Poe
What type of narrator is the pereson telling the Tell Tale Heart?
Unreliable
What does the narrator do every night at midnight?
Watch the old man sleep
The narrator has a heightened sense of ___________. Fill in the blank.
smell
Why did the narrator dislike the old man?
His eye was creepy
What are two ways Edgar Allan Poe created fear/suspense in The Tell-Tale Heart?
repetition, insanity, the unknown, etc.
Does the narrator feel guilty about killing the Old Man?
Yes - that is why he heard the heart beating at the end.
What is the greatest fear?
The unknown
What is the name of Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem?
The Raven
Where did the narrator store the body parts after killing the Old Man?
Under the flooring
What is the narrator's greatest fear?
Being caught by the police
What is the main idea/message of The Tell-Tale Heart?
Murder will often come to light
What does the heart beating at the end of the story symbolize?
The narrator's guilt
While you might escape from a consequence fitting your crime, but you can never escape your ___________.
Guilty conscience
The narrator tells the reader that he is not mad, but he is ___________.
nervous
How does the narrator kill the Old Man?
by smothering him with a mattress
