Analysing structure in The Tell-Tale Heart (Part 2)
Analysing structure in The Tell-Tale Heart (Part 2)
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- In this lesson, we will continue to develop our ability to analyse structure in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'. We will look at structural features such as: character introduction, setting, foreshadowing, shifts in tone or focus and repetition. Then, we will end on a quiz exploring what you have learnt.
Content guidance
- Contains conflict or violence.
Supervision
Adult supervision suggested
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5 Questions
Q1.
At what time does the narrator put his head into the old man's room?
21.00
23.00
Q2.
What is different on the eighth night?
The narrator doesn't go to the old man's room.
The old man gets up out of bed.
Q3.
What does the narrator do when he knows the old man is awake?
He leaves the room.
He moves into the room.
Q4.
What does the narrator reveal has frightened him in the past?
He has nightmares.
He has visions.
Q5.
What does the old man make the narrator feel?
amusement
pity
5 Questions
Q1.
What does the narrator at first keep fixated on?
the lantern
the old man's voice
Q2.
How does the "vulture eye" make the narrator feel?
angry
nervous
Q3.
What does the narrator then fix his attention to?
he stays focused on the eye
how he will murder the old man
Q4.
What does the narrator do to the old man?
stares at him
violently attacks him
Q5.
Why does the narrator do this?
he is angry with the old man
wants to be rid of the old man