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The Tell-Tale

HeartBy Edgar Allan Poe



The Tell-Tale Heart• Pre-Reading:Pre-Reading:• Brainstorm at least fve

things that you look or orexpect to fnd in a scarystory.

• What did you write down andwhy?

• o you !elieve that thesethings add to theatmosphere o a scary story?

• "re you scared !y any othese things?



The Tell-Tale Heart• Vocabulary Wor sheet!oresight: Thought ul regard or the utureDissimulation: Hidden under a alse appearanceVe"ed: Trou!led( distressed( caused agitationSagacity: $ound 'udgmentHear ening: ,iving care ul attentionA#e: " mixed eeling o reverence( ear( and wonderDistinctness: nmistaka!le( clearly defned$%er-acuteness: ery keen&oncealment: " means o hidingWaned: To grow gradually lessScantlings: $mall /uantities or amountsSua%ity: ,race ulness( politeness'ade: rged( compelledAudacity: Bold courage( daringRe(osed: To lay at restDerision: &ontem(t) ridicule



The Tell-Tale HeartPREDICTION QUESTIONS

Title: Based on the title, predict what you think this story willbe about.

First paragraph: Who do you think the narrator is speakingto?

Third paragraph: Write down what you think the authormeans by “the work.

Third paragraph: Why does the narrator treat the old manso well in the mornings?

Fourth paragraph: Why doesn!t the narrator lea"e when hereali#es the old man is awake?

Fifth paragraph $ Would you like to change your original

prediction o% what this story is about?



The Tell-Tale HeartPREDICTION QUESTIONS

Sixth and se enth paragraphs: Whose heart do youthink the narrator is hearing?

Se enth paragraph: &n one sentence, predict the endingo% the story.

!id"a# through eighth paragraph: Who is at thedoor?

Ninth paragraph: What is the noise?

Tenth paragraph: What is the narrator %eeling right now?

End of stor#: Were any o% your original predictionsabout the story correct?



The Tell-Tale Heart

• The Tell-Tale Heart !y 0dgar "llan #oe



The Tell-Tale Heart

• 1The Tell-Tale Heart1 is a short story o madnessand murder( and is one o #oe1s !est-knownworks. This appalling frst-person con essionremains as tense and shocking as it was whenfrst pu!lished in 2345.

• The story o domestic violence is told rom theperspective o a nameless narrator. Theprotagonist1s personal account appearsgrounded in an irrational ear( the horror owhich is intensifed !y the narrator consistentlyreminding the reader that he is 67T insane.

• There is an admission that the victim presentedno threat to the narrator8 17!'ect there wasnone. #assion there was none. & loved the oldman. He had never wronged me. He had nevergiven me insult. 9or his gold & had no desire.1



The Tell-Tale Heart

• #oe was a pioneer o the short story. Hedefned the genre as a narrative that could !eread at a single sitting o !etween hal andhour and two hours. &ts essential purpose wasto create 1a certain uni/ue and single e:ect1with everything in the narrative unifed toserve this aim. " typical plot would have one ortwo short pieces o action introduced and!rought to a climax( o ten !y a twist at the end.

The story is usually set in only one place.;haracters are ew in num!er( with the primary

ocus on one. 1The Tell-Tale Heart1 is a per ectmodel o the genre.

• A&T*V*TY:A&T*V*TY: With a partner( map out the

plot o #oe)s <The Tell-Tale Heart= usingthe ollowing plot map.



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The Tell-Tale

HeartBy Edgar Allan Poe



The Tell-Tale Heart• Plot Analysis

Most good stories start with a fundamental list of ingredients: the initial

situation, con ict, complication, climax, suspense, denouement, andconclusion. Great writers sometimes shake up the recipe and add somespice.

• *nitial Situation 8 Not insane+ and the , %il ye,• The narrator wants to show that he is not insane( and o:ers a story as proo .

&n that story( the initial situation is the narrator1s decision to kill the old manso that the man1s eye will stop looking at the narrator.

• &on.ict 8 $(en your eye+• The narrator goes to the old man1s room every night or a week(

ready to do the dirty deed. But( the sleeping man won1t open

his eye. $ince the eye( not the man( is the pro!lem( the narratorcan1t kill him i the o:ending eye isn1t open.

the

uspense



The Tell-Tale Heart• &om(lication 8 The narrator ma es a noise #hile s(ying on the old

man) and the man #a es u( / and o(ens his eye0

• This isn1t much o a complication. The man has to wake up in order or thenarrator to kill him. & the man still wouldn1t wake up a ter months andmonths o the narrator trying to kill him( now that would !e a con ict.

• &lima" 8 1urder2• The narrator kills the old man with his own !ed and then cuts up the !ody

and hides it under the !edroom oor.

• Sus(ense 8 3h-oh) the (olice0• The narrator is pretty calm and collected when the police frst show up. He

gives them the guided tour o the house( and then invites themto hang out with him in the man1s !edroom. But( the narrator

starts to hear a terri!le noise( which gets louder and louder( and@

uspenseUh$oh% the poli&e''he narrator is pretty calm and collected when the police %irst show up. (e gi"es them the guided tour o% the house, and then in"ites them to hang out with him in t



The Tell-Tale Heart• Denouement 8 1a e it sto() (lease+• Well( the noise gets even louder( and keeps on getting louder

until the narrator can1t take it anymore. Thinking it might makethe noise stop( the narrator tells the cops to look under the

oor!oards.

• &onclusion 8 The narrator identi4es the source o5 thesound0

• p to this moment( the narrator doesn1t identi y the sound. &t1sdescri!ed frst as Aa ringing(A and then as Aa low( dull( /uicksound much such a sound as a watch makes when envelopedin cottonA *C+. 7nly in the very last line does the narratorconclude that the sound was Athe !eating o Dthe man1sEhideous heartFA *2G+



The Tell-Tale Heart• Discussion 6uestions:Discussion 6uestions:

• What components o a scary story were presentin this story?

• How relia!le is our narrator regarding his sanity?• How does #oe use images and phrases to create

an atmosphere o horror?• Why does the killer con ess? oes the heart!eat

really tell the tale o themurder?



The Tell-Tale Heart• Why do you think this story has

remained so popular over all theseyears?



The Tell-Tale Heart• ;hoose one o the ollowing options or your

response to The Tell-Tale Heart.

• 7ption 28 se the ;7>&; ; 0"T7 athttp8IIwww.readwritethink.orgImaterialsIcomicI tocreate a comic strip with at least six !locks thatsummariJes a portion o the story The Tell-TaleHeart.

• 7ption K8 se the "; 7$T&; #70>$ online tool athttp8IIwww.readwritethink.orgImaterialsIacrosticIto create an acrostic poem that summariJes theevents o the story. Lou can use the term <Tell-TaleHeart= or <6arrator= as the !asis or your poem.

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http8IIwww.poemuseum.orgIselectedMworksItellMtaleMheart.html to review the story i you need to.

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