Analysing language in The Tell-Tale Heart (Part 1)
Analysing language in The Tell-Tale Heart (Part 1)
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will read an extract from a very famous Gothic story 'The Tell-Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe and start to learn the key steps needed in order to analyse language successfully. Then, we will end on a quiz exploring what you have learned.
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5 Questions
Q1.
What is the meaning of eponymous?
when two people have similar names
when two things have a similar meaning
Q2.
How is a Byronic hero a complicated character?
He acts in a benevolent manner.
He is cunning and manipulative.
Q3.
What does the word damsel mean?
in distress
sweet lady
Q4.
What usually happens to the damsel in Gothic fiction?
helps the Byronic hero as partners
self-sufficient and needs no-one else to help her
Q5.
What does femme fatale mean?
dangerous woman
scary woman
5 Questions
Q1.
What does Gothic as a genre often include?
lots of violence
romance and love
Q2.
What does the word 'genre' mean?
how violent the text is
whether the text is for children or not
Q3.
Who was the first Gothic novel written by?
Bram Stoker
Mary Shelley
Q4.
Which list below best describes Gothic conventions?
horror, death, must be set in a castle, has to be a ghost
romance, horror, scary animals, hero dies
Q5.
Name three typical Gothic characters.
siren, tyrannical male, beasts
vampire, werewolf, monster