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The Tell-Tale Heart
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Edgar Allan Poe
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Literary Devices
Unreliable Narrator
Repetition
Irony
Suspense
Foreshadowing
Simile
Symbolism
Metaphor
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Dramatic Irony
Syntax
Rhythm
Alliteration
Emphasis
Doppelganger
Characters
The Narrator
The Old Man
Unreliable Narrator
Themes
Madness
Guilt
Fear
Fear of Death
Conflict
Death
Tension
Plot
A Haunted House
Climax
Conflict
Falling Action
Hiding the Body
Inciting Incident
Murder
Narrator's Confession
Police Visit
Summary
The Week Before the Murder
Style
Tone
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Diction
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Arabesques
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Opening Sentence
Mood
Narrative Perspective
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First-Person Narrator
Second Person
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Symbolism
Heartbeat
The Eye
The Heart
Death Watches
Vulture Eye
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Almighty God!—no, No! They Heard!—they Suspected!—they Knew!—they Were Making a Mockery of My Horror!-this I Thought, and This I Think. but Anything Was Better Than This Agony! Villains!” I Shrieked, “dissemble No More! I Admit the Deed!—tear Up the Plank
I Moved It Slowly—very, Very Slowly, So That I Might Not Disturb the Old Man's Sleep. It Took Me an Hour to Place My Whole Head Within the Opening.
If Still You Think Me Mad, You Will Think So No Longer When I Describe the Wise Precautions I Took for the Concealment of the Body. the Night Waned, and I Worked Hastily, but in Silence. First of All I Dismembered the Corpse. I Cut Off the Head and the Ar
I Foamed—I Raved—I Swore! I Swung the Chair... It Grew Louder—louder—louder! Almighty God!—no, No! They Heard!—they Suspected!—they Knew!— Now—again!—hark! Louder! Louder! Louder! Louder! I Admit the Deed!—tear Up the Planks! Here, Here!—
Object There Was None. Passion There Was None. I Loved the Old Man. He Had Never Wronged Me. He Had Never Given Me Insult. for His Gold I Had No Desire. I Think It Was His Eye!
...now I Say, There Came to My Ears a Low, Dull, Quick Sound, Such as a Watch Makes When Enveloped in Cotton.
You Fancy Me Mad. Madmen Know Nothing.
Above All Was the Sense of Hearing Acute. I Heard All Things in the Heaven and in the Earth. I Heard Many Things in Hell. How, Then, Am I Mad?
I Heard All Things in the Heaven and in the Earth. I Heard Many Things in Hell
Setting
The House
Night
Darkness
Genre
Gothic
Horror
American Gothic
Dark Romanticism
Comparative Analysis
The Tell-Tale Heart
Authorship
Edgar Allan Poe