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Tell-Tale Heart

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  • What is the greatest fear?
    The unknown
  • What has the madness done to the narrator's senses?
    Sharpen them
  • For seven nights the narrator watches the Old Man sleep. Why can he not murder him at that time?
    His eyes were closed.
  • While you might escape from a consequence fitting your crime, but you can never escape your ___________.
    Guilty conscience
  • What is the main idea/message of The Tell-Tale Heart?
    Murder will often come to light
  • Does the narrator feel guilty about killing the Old Man?
    Yes - that is why he heard the heart beating at the end.
  • Why did the narrator dislike the old man?
    His eye was creepy
  • What is the name of Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem?
    The Raven
  • What does the narrator do every night at midnight?
    Watch the old man sleep
  • When the police come the narrator opens with door with a light heart. Why?
    He was convinced that he covered up the crime
  • What are two ways Edgar Allan Poe created fear/suspense in The Tell-Tale Heart?
    repetition, insanity, the unknown, etc.
  • On what character traits does the narrator pride himself?
    intelligent and patient
  • 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 does the heart beating at the end of the story symbolize?
    The narrator's guilt
  • Who wrote The Tell-Tale Heart?
    Edgar Allan Poe
  • The narrator has a heightened sense of ___________. Fill in the blank.
    smell
  • What type of narrator is the pereson telling the Tell Tale Heart?
    Unreliable
  • How does the narrator kill the Old Man?
    by smothering him with a mattress
  • The narrator tells the reader that he is not mad, but he is ___________.
    nervous
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