Reread the first paragraph. How does the author's style suggest that the narrator is very nervous?
As with Usher, the narrator here believes that his nervousness has "sharpened my senses not destroyed not dulled them." Thus, he begins by stating that he is not mad, yet he will continue his story and will reveal not only that he is mad, but that he is terribly mad.
How does the opening paragraph foreshadow the rest of the story? Include text evidence in your response.
The narrator claims that he is nervous and oversensitive but not mad, and offers his calmness in the narration as proof of his sanity. He then explains how although he loved a certain old man who had never done him wrong and desired none of his money, the narrator could not …show more content…
Find at least one passage from the text where he makes this claim. How is this ironic? Be sure to explain using textual support.
He is very nervous but he is not mad. The narrator claims he has a disease which has "sharpened my senses." It foreshadows that this guy is unstable. The old man lives with a bulging eye that seems to bother the narrator. This conflicts with the narrator's claim that he is a good judge of character and really smart.
Describe the setting (time and place) of the story, giving at least three details from the text to show how you know. Then, describe the story's mood. How does the details of the setting create the mood of the story?
The story he tells us takes place inside a random old house in 1843. It says that he heard a sound of an old man’s’ heart, “I knew that sound well, too. It was the beating of the old man's heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.” It says in the text that he took up three planks of wood off of the floor and if you can easily pull up wood off of the floor, then that must be old. “I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the …show more content…
Then, below each example, tell what the author is comparing and what the effect is on the reader.
He uses a hyperbole to emphasize the stress and paranoia that the narrator is under and explains the actions that he takes against the old man, he uses a simile because they were describing a room, he uses irony because he said he was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before he killed him.
How does the author build a sense of horror and suspense throughout the story? Provide textual support in your response.
Edgar Allen Poe is known for writing suspenseful stories with a dark theme, traits that are seen in his short story "The Tell-Tale Heart." The story is about an unnamed man who kills the elderly man he lives with because he thinks the man's eye is "evil." Though it appears he will get away with the murder, the narrator gives himself away at the end. Throughout the story, Poe builds suspense and tension over whether the narrator will actually kill the man, and then over whether he will be caught.
Why is this story called “The Tell-Tale Heart”? Be sure to use textual evidence to support your
As with Usher, the narrator here believes that his nervousness has "sharpened my senses not destroyed not dulled them." Thus, he begins by stating that he is not mad, yet he will continue his story and will reveal not only that he is mad, but that he is terribly mad.
How does the opening paragraph foreshadow the rest of the story? Include text evidence in your response.
The narrator claims that he is nervous and oversensitive but not mad, and offers his calmness in the narration as proof of his sanity. He then explains how although he loved a certain old man who had never done him wrong and desired none of his money, the narrator could not …show more content…
Find at least one passage from the text where he makes this claim. How is this ironic? Be sure to explain using textual support.
He is very nervous but he is not mad. The narrator claims he has a disease which has "sharpened my senses." It foreshadows that this guy is unstable. The old man lives with a bulging eye that seems to bother the narrator. This conflicts with the narrator's claim that he is a good judge of character and really smart.
Describe the setting (time and place) of the story, giving at least three details from the text to show how you know. Then, describe the story's mood. How does the details of the setting create the mood of the story?
The story he tells us takes place inside a random old house in 1843. It says that he heard a sound of an old man’s’ heart, “I knew that sound well, too. It was the beating of the old man's heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.” It says in the text that he took up three planks of wood off of the floor and if you can easily pull up wood off of the floor, then that must be old. “I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the …show more content…
Then, below each example, tell what the author is comparing and what the effect is on the reader.
He uses a hyperbole to emphasize the stress and paranoia that the narrator is under and explains the actions that he takes against the old man, he uses a simile because they were describing a room, he uses irony because he said he was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before he killed him.
How does the author build a sense of horror and suspense throughout the story? Provide textual support in your response.
Edgar Allen Poe is known for writing suspenseful stories with a dark theme, traits that are seen in his short story "The Tell-Tale Heart." The story is about an unnamed man who kills the elderly man he lives with because he thinks the man's eye is "evil." Though it appears he will get away with the murder, the narrator gives himself away at the end. Throughout the story, Poe builds suspense and tension over whether the narrator will actually kill the man, and then over whether he will be caught.
Why is this story called “The Tell-Tale Heart”? Be sure to use textual evidence to support your