The Tell-Tale Heart Test Review
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The madman
-Narrator
-unstable, insane, unreliable
-assures reader he is not crazy
-spies on the old man while he sleeps
-unstable, insane, unreliable
-assures reader he is not crazy
-spies on the old man while he sleeps
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The old man
-has the “eye of a vulture”
-murdered by the madman
-murdered by the madman
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The neighbors
-hear a shriek coming from the old man’s home
-alert the police of their concern
-alert the police of their concern
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The policemen
-show up at the old man’s home to investigate the noise complaint
-they do NOT suspect the narrator of foul play
-they do NOT suspect the narrator of foul play
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vulture eye
-the narrator feels haunted by it
-motivates the narrator to kill the old man
-motivates the narrator to kill the old man
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groan of mortal terror
-the low, smothered sound the old man lets out when he hears a noise in his bedroom
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beating heart
what inspires madman to confess
-the madman imagines this
-hears it before killing the old man (fears the neighbors will hear it)
-hears it again, coming from the floorboards, when they police come to investigate
-the madman imagines this
-hears it before killing the old man (fears the neighbors will hear it)
-hears it again, coming from the floorboards, when they police come to investigate
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floorboards
-where madman hides old man’s body
-where he thinks he hears the heart beating at the end of the story
-where he thinks he hears the heart beating at the end of the story
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acute
Above all was the sense of hearing acute.
Above all was the sense of hearing acute.
razor-sharp
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dissemble
“Villains!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed!—tear up the planks!—here, here!—it is the beating of his hideous heart!”
“Villains!” I shrieked, “dissemble no more! I admit the deed!—tear up the planks!—here, here!—it is the beating of his hideous heart!”
to hide one’s true motives, feelings, or beliefs
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gesticulations
I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations, but the noise steadily increased.
I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations, but the noise steadily increased.
dramatic hand gestures used to emphasize one’s words
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stealthily
So I opened it—you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily
So I opened it—you cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily
in a cautious, careful manner
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vexed
For it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye.
For it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye.
annoyed, frustrated, worried
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The narrator insists that he is not crazy. Why does he believe he is “SANE”?
-He assures readers that he can CALMLY tell the entire story
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Evidence of narrator's insanity
-hears things (beating heart) -sneaks in an spies on the old man while he sleeps -haunted by an innocent man’s eye -commits a grizzly murder -he’s proud of how cautiously & stealthy he is about his crime -becomes paranoid that he will get caught -speaks erratically (all over the place with his thoughts)
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mortal
ability to cause death
