The Tell-Tale Heart

The Tell-Tale Heart By Edgar Allan Poe

1. What adjective would you use to describe how the main character is feeling in the beginning of the story? (adjective = feeling – ex. Nervous, Hungry, Angry)

2. Which of his senses was the man most using in the beginning of the story: smell, sight, or hearing? Provide examples.

3. Why did the man kill the old man?

4. What does the narrator try to convince himself that he is not?

5. What has the old man been sitting up at night doing night after night?

6. How does the narrator describe the groan he hears?

7. How does the narrator feel when he holds up the lantern and sees the old man’s open eye?

8. How does the narrator kill the old man?

9. What does the narrator do with the old man’s body parts?

10. Why is the narrator not nervous when the police show up?

11. How did the police find out that the narrator killed the old man?

Exit Slip: Mentally, describe what happens to the narrator and how it leads to his arrest.