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    Narrator of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart‚” if a real person‚ and not a fictional protagonist of a story‚ would stand as testament to how insanity results in an extreme reliance on one’s own self‚ causing any reliance on logic or other people‚ to fly out the window. This clear picture of an insane man’s complete self-reliance is witnessed by the readers of the “Tell-Tale Heart”‚ as we see the narrator’s murder story unravel. We witness as the narrator tells of how he became more and more obsessed

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    Andrew Fiddler Professor Esquivel English 1020 15 February 2013 Themes of “The Tell-Tale Heart” Edgar Allen Poe explores the similarity of love and hate in many stories‚ especially “The Tell Tale Heart.” In “The Tell-Tale Heart‚” the narrator confesses a love for an old man whom he then violently murders and dismembers the body and hides the pieces below the floorboards in the bedroom. When the police arrive‚ the narrator appears normal and unshaken by the murder. Later on‚ the man gives in

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    The role of the narrator The tell tale heart is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. As most Poe’s narrator the narrator is an unreliable first person narrator. It means that the narrator is unable to relate the real facts of the story even though he attempts to convince the reader that he possesses all his senses and therefore he can tell him the ’’ whole story’’. ’’how healthily-how calmly I can tell you the whole story’’. Later in the story just before the climax he says:’’ And now have

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    The Tell Tale Heart By Skylar O’Connor and Brianna Molloy Edgar Allan Poe • Born on January 19‚ 1809‚ in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ U.S. • Poe never really knew his parents. • Also wrote The Raven‚ The Pit and the Pendulum‚ The Fall of the House of Usher‚ and Annabel Lee • Poe published his first book‚ Tamerlane and Other Poems in 1827. • He married his cousin Virginia‚ in 1836‚ when she was only 13. • Poe had problems with alcohol • Died on October 7‚ 1849 The Tell Tale Heart Summary • The story

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    great heights of creativity and the depths of paranoiac despair. Yet although he produced a relatively small volume of work‚ he virtually invented the horror and detective genres and his literary legacy endures to this day. In the Tell Tale Heart the main character‚ the narrator‚ has a problem with an old man‚ the antagonist‚ whom he is living with. The odd thing is that the problem has nothing to do with old man‚ how he acts‚ or even his attitude towards the narrator. It is simply one of the old

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    narrator in The Tell-Tale heart demonstrate characteristic that are associated with people with obsessive-compulsive disorder and paranoid schizophrenia . When Poe wrote this story in 1843 obsessive-compulsive disorder and paranoia had not been discovered. However in modern times the characteristics demonstrated by the narrator leads people to believe that he has a mental illness. Poe’s narrator demonstrates classic signs throughout the story leading the reader to believe that this character is mad

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    wrote were horror stories‚ such as “The Tell Tale Heart.” “The Tell Tale Heart” is a story centered on a narrator who is a seemingly crazed man who kills a man for having an irregular eye. The narrator’s insanity that allows him to murder the man eventually leads him to confess to the police. Poe is renowned for his ability to effectively incorporate fear and dread in his stories. Fear and dread are created in Poe’s story through the use of well-crafted characters‚ calculated suspense‚ and effective

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    With the touch of darkness in his writing‚ he came up with tales “of death‚ wickedness and crime‚ survival after dissolution‚ [and] fatality” (Charles). Although it is not clear as to why Poe wrote such dark stories in his lifetime‚ one could assume the pain from the losses of his loved ones played a role. Writing in such darkness‚ could be his coping mechanism to dealing with all the loss and pain throughout his life. “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe is suspenseful and detailed. The narrator

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    Tell tale heart 1 Read the story ’the tell tale heart’ by Edgar Allan Poe 1 Write a 2 sentence summary of the plot It starts with the narrator talking about how he stalked an old man for many nights until one night he decides to kill him because of his vulture eye‚ (he hides the body parts underneath the floorboard). The police arrive and he then he acts casual as if nothing happened and shows them around the house‚ until he feels guilty and hears the beating of the old man’s heart and confesses

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    CLASS DATE Graphic Organizer for Active Reading The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe Pupil’s Edition page 201 Sneak Preview When you watch a movie preview‚ you form ideas about what the movie will be like. You can preview a story in the same way by examining the title and illustrations. In each frame below‚ write an impression that you receive from the title‚ illustrations‚ and opening quotation of “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Tit le ns atio str Illu 1. Write down two questions

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