The Tell-Tale Heart Group at eNotes http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/group The latest discussion, including questions and answers, from the The Tell-Tale Heart Group at eNotes. Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:26:12 en-us <![CDATA[Kudos to Kiwi for noticing how Poe varies the sentence structure in his...]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/group/discuss/what-does-beating-heart-symbolize-tell-tale-h-50525#7 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/group/discuss/what-does-beating-heart-symbolize-tell-tale-h-50525#7 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:26:12 PST <![CDATA[The beating heart can also represent the growing excitement within us,...]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/group/discuss/what-does-beating-heart-symbolize-tell-tale-h-50525#6 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/group/discuss/what-does-beating-heart-symbolize-tell-tale-h-50525#6 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:16:48 PST <![CDATA[This question can be answered through a close reading of the text; in...]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/how-does-narrator-eventually-murder-old-man-113751 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/how-does-narrator-eventually-murder-old-man-113751 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:03:52 PST <![CDATA[In "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, how does the narrator...]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/how-does-narrator-eventually-murder-old-man-113751 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/how-does-narrator-eventually-murder-old-man-113751 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:48:06 PST <![CDATA[The answer to this question can be found pretty quickly in the beginning...]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/what-make-woman-tell-tale-heart-want-kill-old-man-112913 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/what-make-woman-tell-tale-heart-want-kill-old-man-112913 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:38:28 PST <![CDATA[What makes the narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart" want to kill the old man?]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/what-make-woman-tell-tale-heart-want-kill-old-man-112913 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/what-make-woman-tell-tale-heart-want-kill-old-man-112913 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:25:56 PST <![CDATA[    First it is the evil eye; then it is the heart beating. It is...]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/narrator-believed-that-he-could-hear-old-mans-112669 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/narrator-believed-that-he-could-hear-old-mans-112669 Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:41:28 PST <![CDATA[The narrator believed that he could hear the old man's heart beating in...]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/narrator-believed-that-he-could-hear-old-mans-112669 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/narrator-believed-that-he-could-hear-old-mans-112669 Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:30:50 PST <![CDATA[Like all the Poe-characters, the narrator in 'The Tell-Tale Heart' is...]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/what-would-good-thesis-statement-that-has-do-with-111449 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/what-would-good-thesis-statement-that-has-do-with-111449 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:31:38 PST <![CDATA[Both of the characters have a 'heart' connection: Louise Mallard has a...]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/group/discuss/am-writing-character-comparison-essay-main-15825#3 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/group/discuss/am-writing-character-comparison-essay-main-15825#3 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:02:03 PST <![CDATA[It is important that your thesis refers to the fact that as the story is...]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/what-would-good-thesis-statement-that-has-do-with-111449 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/what-would-good-thesis-statement-that-has-do-with-111449 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:53:37 PST <![CDATA[What would be a good thesis statement to do with the psychological...]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/what-would-good-thesis-statement-that-has-do-with-111449 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/what-would-good-thesis-statement-that-has-do-with-111449 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:14:23 PST <![CDATA[The story is still popular and read today because our society loves this...]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/group/discuss/why-tell-tale-heart-still-widely-read-today-50837#9 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/group/discuss/why-tell-tale-heart-still-widely-read-today-50837#9 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:29:35 PST <![CDATA[Love the irony here.  The murderer thinks that the police hear...]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/explain-quotes-from-tell-tale-heart-107975 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/explain-quotes-from-tell-tale-heart-107975 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:10:57 PST <![CDATA[The narrator was beginning to "hear" the old man's heart beat. The...]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/explain-quotes-from-tell-tale-heart-107975 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/explain-quotes-from-tell-tale-heart-107975 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:12:36 PST <![CDATA[Poe has shown us the various deranged states of the narrator through his...]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/poe-manipulates-time-throughout-story-108479 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/poe-manipulates-time-throughout-story-108479 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:27:54 PST <![CDATA[Poe manipulates time throughout the story.]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/poe-manipulates-time-throughout-story-108479 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/poe-manipulates-time-throughout-story-108479 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:01:48 PST <![CDATA[Well, there is not much to really explain.  That quote is kind of...]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/explain-quotes-from-tell-tale-heart-107975 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/explain-quotes-from-tell-tale-heart-107975 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:53:58 PST <![CDATA[Explain this quote from "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe.]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/explain-quotes-from-tell-tale-heart-107975 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/explain-quotes-from-tell-tale-heart-107975 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:44:18 PST <![CDATA[Local color can best be defined as "the characteristics, features and...]]> http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/what-local-color-tell-tale-heart-103821 http://www.enotes.com/tell-tale-heart/q-and-a/what-local-color-tell-tale-heart-103821 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:30:22 PST