Analysing language in The Tell-Tale Heart (Part 2)

Analysing language in The Tell-Tale Heart (Part 2)

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will read another extract from 'The Tell-Tale Heart' and continue to develop our skills of language analysis. We will then analyse how Poe uses language the present the narrator's mental state.

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5 Questions

Q1.
What does Gothic as a genre often include?
Correct answer: horror, death and at times romance
lots of violence
romance and love
Q2.
What does the word 'genre' mean?
how violent the text is
Correct answer: what kind of text it is
whether the text is for children or not
Q3.
Who was the first Gothic novel written by?
Bram Stoker
Correct answer: Horace Walpole
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
Correct answer: scary setting, atmosphere of mystery and suspense, supernatural, woman in distress
Q5.
Name three typical Gothic characters.
Correct answer: Byronic hero, damsel in distress, femme fatale
siren, tyrannical male, beasts
vampire, werewolf, monster

5 Questions

Q1.
What does the narrator insist he is not at the opening of the story?
crazy
Correct answer: mad
sane
Q2.
What is the narrator fixated on?
the old man
Correct answer: the old man's eye
the vulture
Q3.
What does the narrator do each night?
Correct answer: pokes his head through the bedroom door and shines a light on the eye
shine a light through the window
sneak into the old man's bedroom
Q4.
What does the narrator think the eye is?
Correct answer: evil
good
mad
Q5.
How many nights does the narrator spy on the old man?
3
5
Correct answer: 7

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UnitEnglish / Gothic Literature

English