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Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” Lesson Plan

This Common Core aligned lesson is designed for students to gain a clear understanding of Poe’s use of tone and mood in the “Tell Tale Heart.”  The lesson is broken down into activities that occur before (into), during (through), and after (beyond) reading the short story. Learning is scaffolded throughout the lesson, giving students a chance to build a solid foundation with the “Tell Tale Heart” before progressing into deeper critical thinking skills.

• By the end of this lesson, students will be able to explain how Poe used mood and tone in the “Tell Tale Heart” to create suspense within the reader.
• Copy of Edgar Allan Poe’s “Tell Tale Heart” for each student. Click here to download a free PDF version.
• Materials required for the additional lesson components will vary based on your needs.

ANTICIPATORY ACTIVITY

• Use this free one-page biography or this short video clip to introduce students to influential American author Edgar Allan Poe. Foreshadow the darkness and mystery students will encounter in the “Tell Tale Heart” by discussing some of the tragic events in Poe’s life.
• As a class, read Poe’s “Tell Tale Heart.” Click here to play a dramatic interpretation of the text as you read through it with your class. In order to help students gain a clear understanding of the plot, stop and discuss the different story elements  (exposition, raising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) as the narrative moves along. You can also have students record the “Tell Tale Heart” plot using this free printable graphic organizer. 
• Students review and summarize the plot of “Tell Tale Heart” with a comic book activity . In order to complete the assignment, students add illustrations and dialogue to a total of ten comic book scenes. The scenes should cover the entire plot of a “Tell Tale Heart” in a summarized version with contemporary language.   You can differentiate by requiring advanced students to write their own abridged version of the narrative. The bullet points below include the narrative I provide for each comic book square:

Mad?  I am not mad! Look at how calmly I can tell you the story.  The old man’s eye was like a vulture’s.  It was pale blue with a thick film over it.  I made up my mind to kill the old man even though he did nothing wrong. For a week I was very careful. Every night at midnight, I would slowly open the old man’s bedroom door to peek upon the eye, but it was always closed.  On the eighth night, I slowly opened the door and my finger slipped on the lantern.  The old man cried out, “Who’s there?”  I didn’t move for an hour.  I knew the old man was wondering what had made the sound.  I slowly opened the door again.   The eye was open and staring straight at me.  It chilled my bones.  I could hear the old man’s heart thumping. The time had come.  I threw the bed over him and he was stone dead.  His eye would not bother me anymore. You would not think I’m crazy because I concealed the body so well.  There was no trace of the old man under the floorboards, and the bathtub caught all the blood. Neighbors heard yelling and called the police.  I was perfectly calm when they arrived, and I invited them in for tea.  I sat on the very floor above the dead body.   After searching the house and finding nothing wrong, the officers decided to sit and chat.  I wasn’t feeling good.  My head ached from the noise.  The noise got louder and louder. I couldn’t stand it anymore! I told them, “I admit the deed! Here! Here! It is the beating of his hideous heart!”

“I loved this activity to check comprehension with some of my students who are less than thrilled with reading but love art.” -Melissa S.

The final portion of the lesson utilizes a differentiated close reading strategy that provides students with an opportunity to analyze and understand Poe’s use of tone and mood.  Students complete three readings of the selected excerpt from “Tell Tale Heart.” Each reading is standards aligned and provides an objective, skill focus, and text-based questioning. Students will need a copy of the excerpt they can write on to complete the close reading. If writing on the excerpts is not an option, these plastic sleeves will allow students to complete the close reading activities without writing directly on the paper. Also, t he excerpt and subsequent instruction is differentiated based on student ability. Here’s how I break the close reading for advanced, intermediate, and emerging readers:

Advanced Readers

(Excerpt) But even yet I refrained and kept still.  I scarcely breathed.  I held the lantern motionless.  I tried how steadily I could maintain the ray upon the eye.  Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased.  It grew quicker and quicker, and louder and louder every instant.  The old man’s terror must have been extreme! It grew louder, I say, louder every moment! -do you mark me well I have told you that I am nervous: so I am.  And now at the dead hour of the night, amid the dreadful silence of that old house, so strange a noise as this excited me to uncontrollable terror.  Yet, for some minutes longer I refrained and stood still.  But the beating grew louder, louder! I thought the heart must burst.  And now a new anxiety seized me -the sound would be heard by a neighbour! The old man’s hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room.  He shrieked once -once only.  In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him.  I then smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done.  But, for many minutes, the heart beat on with a muffled sound.  This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall.  At length it ceased.  The old man was dead.  I removed the bed and examined the corpse.  Yes, he was stone, stone dead.  I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes.  There was no pulsation.  He was stone dead.  His eye would trouble me no more. If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body.  The night waned, and I worked hastily, but in silence.  First of all I dismembered the corpse.  I cut off the head and the arms and the legs. I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings.  I then replaced the boards so cleverly, so cunningly, that no human eye –not even his -could have detected any thing wrong.  There was nothing to wash out -no stain of any kind -no blood spot whatever.  I had been too wary for that.  A tub had caught all -ha! ha!

1st Reading: Main Idea (Students listen as teacher reads aloud.)

• Write a one-sentence summary of the text.

2nd Reading: Vocabulary (Students read with a partner.)

• Use context clues to define r efrained, precautions, hastily, & wary without using a dictionary

3rd Reading: Tone & Mood (Students read independently.)

• Tone: How did the story sound coming from the writer?  Answer using an adjective.  Highlight sentences and phrases that support your tone choice. 
•  Mood: How did the story make you, the reader, feel?  Answer using an adjective.  Highlight words that contribute to that mood. 

Intermediate Readers

(Excerpt) If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body.  The night waned, and I worked hastily , but in silence.  First of all I dismembered the corpse.  I cut off the head and the arms and the legs. I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings .  I then replaced the boards so cleverly, so cunningly, that no human eye –not even his -could have detected any thing wrong.  There was nothing to wash out -no stain of any kind -no blood spot whatever.  I had been too wary for that.  A tub had caught all -ha! 

• Write a one-sentence summary of the excerpt.
• Use context clues to define precautions, hastily, and wary without using a dictionary.

3rd Reading: Tone & Mood (Students read independently.) 

• Mood: How did the story make you, the reader, feel?  Answer using an adjective.  Highlight words that contribute to that mood. 

Emerging Readers

(Excerpt) If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body.  The night waned, and I worked hastily , but in silence.  First of all I dismembered the corpse.  I cut off the head and the arms and the legs.

• Use context clues to define precautions and hastily without using a dictionary.
• Tone: Does the story sound disturbing? Highlight sentences and phrases that sound disturbing.
• Mood: Does the story make you feel creepy? Highlight words that are creepy.

The formative assessment requires students to explain how Poe’s use of tone and mood in “Tell Tale Heart” creates suspense within the reader. Students will need access to the previously analyzed excerpt in order to complete the assessment.

Advanced Readers: Open-Ended Response

Explain how Edgar Allan Poe used tone and mood in “Tell Tale Heart” to create a feeling of suspense within the reader.

Intermediate Readers: Cloze Paragraph

Edgar Allan Poe used tone and mood to create suspense within the reader.  The tone of the excerpt above from Poe’s “Tell Tale Heart” can be described as _______________.  For example, the author writes, “____________________________________________” (paragraph ___ ).  Additionally, the mood can be described as _______________.  For instance, the narrator explains, “_________ ___________________________________” (paragraph ___ ).  Poe’s use of a _______________ tone and a _______________ mood create suspense.

Emerging Readers: Guided Response

Tone:  Copy a sentence from the passage that sounds disturbing. Mood: Write three words from the passage that make you feel creepy.

COMMON CORE STANDARDS

• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1: Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.3: Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.4: Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
• CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.5: Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.

“This was the perfect differentiation for my class, while reading the exact same material!” -Brittany B.

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“The Tell-Tale Heart”

By Edgar Allan Poe

Objective: Students will read and analyze the short story and participate in a debate that fosters critical thinking skills.

1. What are the qualities of a sane person? (list 3)

2. What are the qualities of an insane person? (list 3)

When you walk in...

• Find your seat from Friday.
• Take out your copy of “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
• Take the legal definition of insanity handout from the front desk.
• Find your seat .

Go to the station that you did not get to during last class.

Sit together with your assigned group.

• Go to your same seats from Friday.
• Turn in your “Lamb to the Slaughter” homework by making two piles on the front desk: one for the stories, and one for the answers.
• Take out your “Tell-Tale Heart” materials.

If you are debating TODAY...

• Sit with your assigned group .
• Take out all of your debate materials:
• “Tell-Tale Heart” story
• Legal Definition of Insanity handout
• Ideas to Consider handout
• Debate team prep handout

If you are NOT debating today…

• Sit with the jury in the back

Review Vocabulary

Before reading, review the vocabulary. Every time you see a vocabulary word in the story, circle it.

Read “The Tell-Tale Heart” (Audio)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bansJgYiOXY

Quick Write- 6th

Take out “The Tell-Tale Heart.”

• Write a 4-sentence summary for “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Be sure to describe the plot (rising action, climax, falling action, resolution), characters, and conflict.

Highlight Activity

Read over the story to find the following pieces of evidence:

• Highlight in YELLOW the ways in which the narrator shows he is SANE.
• Highlight in PINK the ways in which the narrator shows he is INSANE.

Evidence to look for...

REMEMBER: Legal insanity means that, at the time of the crime, the killer…

• Could not distinguish fantasy from reality
• Could not tell right from wrong
• And could not control his behavior

“Tell-Tale” Completing Questions

Complete the 7 comprehension questions on the last page.

Sane or Mad?

• Fill in the two boxes by finding examples of why the narrator could either be found sane or mad (insane).
• Each box should include at least 3 different examples from the story to support your claims.

Debate Format

• The class will be split into 4 teams : 2 teams will be assigned as the prosecutors, and 2 teams will be assigned as the defense.
• 2 teams will debate at a time , while the other 2 teams act as an unbiased jury.
• Each debating team will be given time to argue their points .
• 2-minute recess to talk to your teammates.
• Rebuttals will take place.
• Each team will provide the prepared closing remarks .
• Jury members will vote for the defense or prosecution based on the following criteria: clear arguments, supporting quotes/examples, accurate rebuttals

Prosecution: Arguing that the narrator is “GUILTY” of murder because he is SANE

Defense: Arguing that the narrator is “NOT GUILTY” by reasons of INSANITY

Definition of Insanity

In a criminal trial, the word “insanity” means something more specific than when we use it in everyday speech. You can’t say that someone on trial is “insane” just because he did something that most of us would consider “crazy” (like killing someone, chopping up the body, and hiding the pieces under the floorboards).

That’s because, in a trial, when we say someone is insane, we’re saying that the person didn’t fully understand what he or she was doing and therefore shouldn’t be held responsible for his or her actions. Read the following legal definition of insanity:

Insanity is a mental illness of such a severe nature that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality , cannot tell right from wrong, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior . In criminal cases, a plea of "not guilty by reason of insanity" will require a trial on the issue of the defendant's insanity (or sanity) at the time the crime was committed.

In this context, "not guilty" does not mean the person did not commit the criminal act for which he or she is charged. It means that when the person committed the crime, he was suffering from severe mental defect or illness. Such a person, the law holds, should not be held criminally responsible for his or her behavior.

Quick Write

• Take out the “The Tell-Tale Heart” story and your debate prep handout.
• Get together with your team and make sure your team is read to:
• Present an opening statement
• Have everyone on the team present one piece of evidence
• Present counterarguments and rebuttals

Pre-Debate: Speak with Conviction

Conviction: A firmly held belief or opinion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEBZkWkkdZA

While watching the short video, think about what you think the speaker’s message is.

• Prosecutors go first (everyone must say at least one thing)
• Defense goes next (everyone must say at least one thing)
• Rebuttals - Unmuted teams go back and forth in an open debate with counter arguments
• Closing Remarks - Each team says a final statement
• Jury Votes (based on claims , evidence, and rebuttals)

Edgar Allan Poe Biography

http://www.biography.com/people/edgar-allan-poe-9443160#synopsis

Take notes while watching the 4 minute video. Write down at least 3 things you learned about Edgar Allan Poe.

Edgar Allan Poe

• Born in 1809 in Boston, MA
• Known as father of the detective story
• Raised as a foster child by the Allan family after losing his mother at age 2
• Married his 13-year-old cousin when he was 27, and she died 7 years later
• Attended West Point Academy in NY
• Lived in poverty since his writing did not produce much money for him
• Died a mysterious death at age 40

Edgar Allan Poe Full Biography

http://www.biography.com/people/edgar-allan-poe-9443160/videos/edgar-allan-poe-full-episode-2104513528

Complete the handout while watching the video.

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The Tell-Tale Heart

by Edgar Allan Poe (published 1843)

   TRUE! -- nervous -- very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses -- not destroyed -- not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute . I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily -- how calmly I can tell you the whole story.     It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture --a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees -- very gradually --I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.     Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded --with what caution --with what foresight --with what dissimulation I went to work! I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him. And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it --oh so gently! And then, when I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed, so that no light shone out, and then I thrust in my head. Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in! I moved it slowly --very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man's sleep. It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed. Ha! --would a madman have been so wise as this? And then, when my head was well in the room, I undid the lantern cautiously --oh, so cautiously --cautiously (for the hinges creaked) --I undid it just so much that a single thin ray fell upon the vulture eye. And this I did for seven long nights --every night just at midnight --but I found the eye always closed; and so it was impossible to do the work; for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye. And every morning, when the day broke, I went boldly into the chamber, and spoke courageously to him, calling him by name in a hearty tone, and inquiring how he has passed the night. So you see he would have been a very profound old man, indeed, to suspect that every night, just at twelve, I looked in upon him while he slept.     Upon the eighth night I was more than usually cautious in opening the door. A watch's minute hand moves more quickly than did mine. Never before that night had I felt the extent of my own powers --of my sagacity . I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph. To think that there I was, opening the door, little by little, and he not even to dream of my secret deeds or thoughts. I fairly chuckled at the idea; and perhaps he heard me; for he moved on the bed suddenly, as if startled. Now you may think that I drew back --but no. His room was as black as pitch with the thick darkness, (for the shutters were close fastened, through fear of robbers,) and so I knew that he could not see the opening of the door, and I kept pushing it on steadily, steadily.     I had my head in, and was about to open the lantern, when my thumb slipped upon the tin fastening, and the old man sprang up in bed, crying out --"Who's there?"     I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle, and in the meantime I did not hear him lie down. He was still sitting up in the bed listening; --just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall.     Presently I heard a slight groan, and I knew it was the groan of mortal terror. It was not a groan of pain or of grief --oh, no! --it was the low stifled sound that arises from the bottom of the soul when overcharged with awe. I knew the sound well. Many a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up from my own bosom, deepening, with its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me. I say I knew it well. I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart. I knew that he had been lying awake ever since the first slight noise, when he had turned in the bed. His fears had been ever since growing upon him. He had been trying to fancy them causeless, but could not. He had been saying to himself --"It is nothing but the wind in the chimney --it is only a mouse crossing the floor," or "It is merely a cricket which has made a single chirp." Yes, he had been trying to comfort himself with these suppositions: but he had found all in vain. All in vain; because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim. And it was the mournful influence of the unperceived shadow that caused him to feel --although he neither saw nor heard --to feel the presence of my head within the room.     When I had waited a long time, very patiently, without hearing him lie down, I resolved to open a little --a very, very little crevice in the lantern. So I opened it --you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily --until, at length a single dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice and fell full upon the vulture eye.     It was open --wide, wide open --and I grew furious as I gazed upon it. I saw it with perfect distinctness --all a dull blue, with a hideous veil over it that chilled the very marrow in my bones; but I could see nothing else of the old man's face or person: for I had directed the ray as if by instinct, precisely upon the damned spot.     And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over acuteness of the senses? --now, I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. 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.     But even yet I refrained and kept still. I scarcely breathed. I held the lantern motionless. I tried how steadily I could maintain the ray upon the eye. Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker and quicker, and louder and louder every instant. The old man's terror must have been extreme! It grew louder, I say, louder every moment! --do you mark me well? I have told you that I am nervous: so I am. And now at the dead hour of the night, amid the dreadful silence of that old house, so strange a noise as this excited me to uncontrollable terror. Yet, for some minutes longer I refrained and stood still. But the beating grew louder, louder! I thought the heart must burst. And now a new anxiety seized me --the sound would be heard by a neighbor! The old man's hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once --once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. I then smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done. But, for many minutes, the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall. At length it ceased. The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation. He was stone dead. His eye would trouble me no more.     If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body. The night waned, and I worked hastily, but in silence. First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs.     I then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings. I then replaced the boards so cleverly, so cunningly, that no human eye -- not even his --could have detected any thing wrong. There was nothing to wash out --no stain of any kind --no blood-spot whatever. I had been too wary for that. A tub had caught all --ha! ha!     When I had made an end of these labors, it was four o'clock --still dark as midnight. As the bell sounded the hour, there came a knocking at the street door. I went down to open it with a light heart, --for what had I now to fear? There entered three men, who introduced themselves, with perfect suavity , as officers of the police. A shriek had been heard by a neighbor during the night; suspicion of foul play had been aroused; information had been lodged at the police office, and they (the officers) had been deputed to search the premises.     I smiled, --for what had I to fear? I bade the gentlemen welcome. The shriek, I said, was my own in a dream. The old man, I mentioned, was absent in the country. I took my visitors all over the house. I bade them search --search well. I led them, at length, to his chamber. I showed them his treasures, secure, undisturbed. In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim.     The officers were satisfied. My manner had convinced them. I was singularly at ease. They sat, and while I answered cheerily, they chatted of familiar things. But, ere long, I felt myself getting pale and wished them gone. My head ached, and I fancied a ringing in my ears: but still they sat and still chatted. The ringing became more distinct: --it continued and became more distinct: I talked more freely to get rid of the feeling: but it continued and gained definiteness --until, at length, I found that the noise was not within my ears.     No doubt I now grew very pale; --but I talked more fluently, and with a heightened voice. Yet the sound increased --and what could I do? It was a low, dull, quick sound --much such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I gasped for breath -- and yet the officers heard it not. I talked more quickly --more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased. I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations ; but the noise steadily increased. Why would they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men -- but the noise steadily increased. Oh God! what could I do? I foamed --I raved --I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. It grew louder --louder --louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God! --no, no! They heard! --they suspected! --they knew! --they were making a mockery of my horror! --this I thought, and this I think. But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision ! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die! --and now --again! --hark! louder! louder! louder! louder! --     "Villains!" I shrieked, " dissemble no more! I admit the deed! --tear up the planks! --here, here! --it is the beating of his hideous heart!"   

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The Tell Tale Heart By Edgar Allan Poe

Power Point PresentationonThe Tell Tale Heart asPresented by Rita Higgins, InstructorHumanities DivisionEssex County College

Bonaparte or Poe?

How Does the Nervous System Relate to the Story?

“Do You Think I’m Mad?”Who is Speaking Here?

Is The Protagonist Male or Female?

Harken! And observe how healthily – how calmly I can…

Do You Ear What I Ear?

Connect This Picture to the Story!

Can You Guess the Subject?Can You Guess the Artist?

How are Michelangelo and Poe’s Works Combined in This Painting?

How Does Van Gogh’s Picture Relate to the Story?

How Does This Picture Relate?

A eye with a _____________over It

How Does This Picture Relate To The Story?

Perry Mason, “And Precisely What Time Did the Protagonist Enter the Old Man’s Room Every Night?

Enter Exhibit A: What is this and what part does it play in the story?

How Does This Picture Relate?How does it not Relate?Remember, You’re Under Oath!

What Are These Witnesses Reenacting? What’s the Symbolism?

Enter Exhibit B: How Does This Picture Relate to the Story?

Your Honor, I enter exhibit C. Discuss if this evidence is relevant to the story.

One Witness Testified that he heard the protagonist scream, “Tear up the…

What Did The Protagonist Think The Police Would Find? Why?

Defense • Let’s not be too hasty in condemning the protagonist. Actually, The Tell Tale Heart has been researched for facts based on historical data. Critical analysis of the story raises an interesting question. The murderer was afraid of the old man’s eye, but why? Look at the next picture and see if you can guess the commonly held belief that was popular in Poe’s time.

An Ancient Argument in the Protagonist’s Defense – Can you Guess What it is?

Exhibit B in Defendant’s Argument

A Universal Superstition

Remember our Protagonist Who Is on Trial?

Remember he claimed to have Loved the old man? Do you buy his story? Why or why not?

Remember that while the old man was indeed old…

92 year old girlfriend, Betty. One good eye in sound working condition. Motor bike enthusiast. He Still Had A Life!

The Prosecutor’s Argument • Perry Mason is incensed that the defending attorney would use the old, “It’s okay to kill someone if you are superstitious” trick. • Based on moral argument, Mason shows the jury alternatives the defendant could have taken. Let’s see if you can guess what they are…

I submit to the jury, that if the defendant did indeed love the old man as he claimed, then why didn’t he show it by taking an alternate route to murder?

Let’s Get Some Assistance • My English 088 Class thought of the following two alternatives. Let’s see if you can guess what they are based on the following slides…

The Prosecution Argues: Alternative To Murder – Hint 1

Alternative #2 Small Hint

Okay, Bigger Hint

Biggest HintWhat could the defendant have done instead of killing the oldman?

Correct! He could have forced the old man to become a cowboy.

Strike the last file from the records for being____ topic.The alternative is obvious, ladies and gentlemen…PIRATISM…aargh!

But the defendant considered no other alternatives.

Hummmm… • Let’s consider some of the alternatives proposed by my creative writing students… • Can you guess what they proposed as an alternative to killing the old man?

Alternative To Murder – Hint 3

Alternative To Murder – Hint 4

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, I submit to you, two apple corers and one lemon zester!

By Reason of _______, The JuryFinds the Defendant

To be Vincent Price?

Bette Davis?

The Verdict? • Most people would find the defendant to be something. Based on what you know about our collective culture and society in general, what do you believe the probable verdict would be based on the evidence?

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• By Edgar Allan Poe
• Part I Describe 5 things you expect to find in scary stories.
• acute audacity derision
• foresight mockery premises
• profound raved refrained
• sagacity stifled unperceived
• vehemently vex waned
• acute adj sharp or keen (sense of hearing)
• audacity n presumption bold courage
• derision n contempt or ridicule
• foresight n a looking forward to future or what will happen
• mockery n a person or thing receiving or deserving ridicule
• premises n a piece of real estate house or building and its land
• profound adj marked by intellectual depth
• raved v to talk wildly with excessive enthusiasm
• refrained v held back kept from doing
• sagacity n keen perception or intelligence sound judgement
• stifled v to suppress or hold back
• unperceived v not seen or understood
• vehemently adv acting with great force violently or forcefully
• vex v to disturb or annoy to terrify
• waned v to become less intense (fading)
• Virtually created the detective story and perfected the psychological thriller
• Ran up gambling debt and could not finish school went into the army instead (engagement broke off)
• Wrote short stories and poetry too
• characterization the authors expression of the characters personality (actions, thoughts, etc.)
• conflict the struggle (character against self against society against nature against God)
• dialogue vocal exchange between characters
• imagery the collection of words that evoke atmosphere, mood, and tension
• point of view the view from which the author presents the action
• 3rd person-ominscient an all-knowing author
• 3rd person- limited limited to the views of 1 character
• 1st person the voice thoughts of one character
• symbol something which is itself yet also stands for or means something else
• tone suggests an attitude toward the subject which is communicated by the words the author chooses (ie. Playful, somber, serious, casual, formal, ironic, etc.)
• 1. Describe the character telling the story.
• 2. How does the first sentence create suspense?
• 3. Find and write a sentence for TIME going slowly and one for TIME going fast.
• 4. Why do you believe he mentions TIME so much, and why he changes the pace from slow to fast?
• 5. Write down one example of repetition of words from the story (ie. Very, very slowly.)
• 6. List some of the evil words that he uses what effect do these words have on you, the reader?
• 7. How does he make the evil eye sound disgusting? (What words does he use?)
• 8. How does he make the death of the man sound disgusting?
• 9. The story is written in 1st person narrative by the main character. List a quotation where the main character directly refers to the reader, you. Why does he do this?
• 10. Why does Poe have the murderer tell the story?
• 11. In your own words, explain why the story gripped your imagination.
• This story is told in first-person point of view. The first-person narrator is a wonderful way to tell a story because it makes the story seem more believable, and the reader really gets to know the character. However, the story s limited to that persons perception. The narrator in this story is unreliable because we know from the beginning that he is insane. Retell the story from the point of view of another character the old man, one of the officers, or the next door neighbor.

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