Pacing: Narrator describes the murder over several pages and uses short choppy sentences to speed up the action.ĭangerous Acton: Narrator invites officers to sit in the room where the dead body is hidden. How dose Poe create suspense in the story? He uses foreshadowing, pacing, And dangerous action.įoreshadowing: the narrator was never kinder to the old man that week before he killed him. The narrator is unreadable/ mad because he kills a man who he loves for no legitimate reason, yet he seeks justice to ease his conscience, it is madness that causes him to confess his crime. He was "never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before he killed him."ĭramatic Irony: The reader knows about the crime, but the police officers do not. What is the irony in the story? The narrator constantly expresses how he's not insane, yet his action in dedicate otherwise. Dreadfully, disease, sharpened, acute, mad, harken, hell, etc. What is the mood in the story? The 1st paragraph establishes the story's eerie, evil, dark mood. To relate to the story, compare one character's perspective with your own. Also compare their actions, feeling, and ideas and compare how watch character views events. How do you compare characters? To compare and contrast characters' perspectives, look for the similarities and differences between their views of event. What are Flat Characters? One-sided and often have just one trait. What are Round Characters? Fully developed by the writer and they have many character traits that are both good and bad. What are characters traits? A character's qualities, attitudes, and values. What does the narrator do at the end of the story? He confesses his crime to the police. People can hear there own heart when they are angry or scared. What sound does the narrator think he hears after the murder? In reality, what could it be? The narrator hears the old man's heart, but it is the narrator's heart. What story does the narrator tell the police? The narrator says the scream was his own and the old man is out of the country. Why did the police come to the house? A neighbor heard the old man's screams. No because he has got away with a perfect crime. He puts the body in a tub, cut up body, hid it under the floor. How did the narrator conceal his crime? Does he fear being caught? Prove your answer.
What does the narrator do with the old man's body? He dismembers it, places it under the floor board in the man's room, and sits above the body. How does the narrator kill the old man? How does the old man die? He suffocates the man.
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