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Literature Analysis: Tell-Tale Heart

The document lists 9 questions about the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. The questions cover topics such as the narrator's reliability, their reason for killing the old man, how they dispose of the body, the source of their agitation during a police search, and how the crime is ultimately exposed.

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Literature Analysis: Tell-Tale Heart

The document lists 9 questions about the short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. The questions cover topics such as the narrator's reliability, their reason for killing the old man, how they dispose of the body, the source of their agitation during a police search, and how the crime is ultimately exposed.

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  • The Tell-Tale Heart: Presents a series of critical questions about the story 'The Tell-Tale Heart', aimed at analyzing the narrator's reliability, motives, and the plot's unfolding.

THE TELL- TALE HEART

1. Is the narrator reliable?


2. What is the narrator’s reason for killing the old man?
3. For seven days the narrator plans the old man’s murder. What does the narrator do every night
that he believes is proof of his sanity?
5. How does the narrator kill the old man?
6. How does the narrator dispose of the body?
7. Who arrives in the middle of the night, and why?
8. As the police search, the narrator becomes more and more agitated. What is the source of his
agitation, and what does it represent?
9.How is the crime exposed?

THE TELL- TALE HEART


1. Is the narrator reliable?
2. What is the narrator’s reason for killing the old man?
3. For seven days the narrator plans the old man’s murder. What does the narrator do every night
that he believes is proof of his sanity?
5. How does the narrator kill the old man?
6. How does the narrator dispose of the body?
7. Who arrives in the middle of the night, and why?
8. As the police search, the narrator becomes more and more agitated. What is the source of his
agitation, and what does it represent?
9.How is the crime exposed?

THE TELL- TALE HEART


1. Is the narrator reliable?
2. What is the narrator’s reason for killing the old man?
3. For seven days the narrator plans the old man’s murder. What does the narrator do every night
that he believes is proof of his sanity?
5. How does the narrator kill the old man?
6. How does the narrator dispose of the body?
7. Who arrives in the middle of the night, and why?
8. As the police search, the narrator becomes more and more agitated. What is the source of his
agitation, and what does it represent?
9.How is the crime exposed?

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