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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?
The narrator is haunted by his deviant action
The narrator is haunted by his deviant action
The narrator is self-congratulatory
The narrator is self-congratulatory
The narrator is facing execution for his crimes
The narrator is facing execution for his crimes
The text continually builds in tension until its climax
The text continually builds in tension until its climax
The events of the story that are narrated, cover several years
The events of the story that are
narrated, cover several years
The story explores the consequences of allowing the ‘imp of the perverse’ to
gain control
The story explores the consequences of
allowing the ‘imp of the perverse’ to gain
control
The narrator blames alcohol for his actions
The narrator blames alcohol for his actions
The narrator is unreliable and questionably sane
The narrator is unreliable and
questionably sane
The eye is a significant symbol in the story
The eye is a significant
symbol in the story
It is unclear whether the narrator’s own sense of guilt has led to his downfall or if a
supernatural event has taken place
It is unclear whether the
narrator’s own sense of guilt has led to his
downfall or if a supernatural
event has taken place
The cruelty of the narrator is emphasized
The cruelty of the narrator is
emphasized
Anaphora is used to build tension in the text
Anaphora is used to build tension in the
text
Poe has used light and darkness to control the focus of the story
Poe has used light and darkness to
control the focus of the story
The story has moments of dark humour
The story has moments of dark
humour
The narrator claims to suffer from an illness that makes the senses more acute
The narrator claims to suffer from an illness that makes the
senses more acute
There is something morally satisfying about the story’s ending
There is something morally satisfying about the story’s
ending
The text has more than one phase in the build up of tension
The text has more than one phase in
the build up of tension
The narrator’s motives for committing his crimes are unclear
The narrator’s motives for
committing his crimes are
unclear
Poe uses silence and stillness to build tension
Poe uses silence and stillness to
build tension
Examine the ways in which Edgar Allan Poe establishes and sustains tension in
two short stories you have read
Compare and contrast the ways in which Edgar Allan Poe establishes and sustains
tension in two short stories you have read
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