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Angraphic display based comparison of the Poe short stories - the placement of some statements in the venn diagram are purposefully contentious to encourage class debate!

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Where should each of the following statements be placed in the Venn

diagram?

How does each statement relate to the tension in the stories?

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The narrator is haunted by his deviant action

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The narrator is haunted by his deviant action

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The narrator is self-congratulatory

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The narrator is self-congratulatory

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The narrator is facing execution for his crimes

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The narrator is facing execution for his crimes

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The text continually builds in tension until its climax

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The text continually builds in tension until its climax

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The events of the story that are narrated, cover several years

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The events of the story that are

narrated, cover several years

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The story explores the consequences of allowing the ‘imp of the perverse’ to

gain control

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The story explores the consequences of

allowing the ‘imp of the perverse’ to gain

control

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The narrator blames alcohol for his actions

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The narrator blames alcohol for his actions

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The narrator is unreliable and questionably sane

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The narrator is unreliable and

questionably sane

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The eye is a significant symbol in the story

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The eye is a significant

symbol in the story

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It is unclear whether the narrator’s own sense of guilt has led to his downfall or if a

supernatural event has taken place

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It is unclear whether the

narrator’s own sense of guilt has led to his

downfall or if a supernatural

event has taken place

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The cruelty of the narrator is emphasized

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The cruelty of the narrator is

emphasized

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Anaphora is used to build tension in the text

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Anaphora is used to build tension in the

text

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Poe has used light and darkness to control the focus of the story

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Poe has used light and darkness to

control the focus of the story

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The story has moments of dark humour

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The story has moments of dark

humour

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The narrator claims to suffer from an illness that makes the senses more acute

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The narrator claims to suffer from an illness that makes the

senses more acute

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There is something morally satisfying about the story’s ending

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There is something morally satisfying about the story’s

ending

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The text has more than one phase in the build up of tension

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The text has more than one phase in

the build up of tension

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The narrator’s motives for committing his crimes are unclear

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The narrator’s motives for

committing his crimes are

unclear

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Poe uses silence and stillness to build tension

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Poe uses silence and stillness to

build tension

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Examine the ways in which Edgar Allan Poe establishes and sustains tension in

two short stories you have read

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Compare and contrast the ways in which Edgar Allan Poe establishes and sustains

tension in two short stories you have read

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An essay is basically a stack of burgers –

A stack of ideas, supported by evidence from the text and analysis that directly answers the question set

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