Robertson, Sarah
10/27/10
ELA 1/2
Have you ever read the short story Tell-tale Heart? The short story Tell-tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe has a wide variety of imagery, a suspenseful mood, and a serious plot. This short story is about a crazy man that wants to murder an old man for his evil vulture eye and his loud heartbeat. It also has an ending that you would never think would happen.
The wide variety of imagery tells the reader how the narrator felt when he saw the vulture eye and heard the old man's loud heartbeat. One example of imagery from the story is "There came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton." That is an example of imagery because it gives the reader an idea of what the old man's heart sounded like when he was sneaking up on him while he was sleeping. Another example of imagery is the old man's heart "...the heart would be heard by a neighbor!" That is an example of imagery because it gives you an idea of how loud his heartbeat was during the night. As you can see, the crazy man thought that the old man's heartbeat was loud and disturbing.
The suspenseful mood gives the person reading Tell-tale Heart a sense of how mad the crazy man felt sitting there, watching the old man. One example of of the mood is "True!- nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and I am." That is an example of mood because it shows that the narrator is nervous. The crazy man was watching the old man because he hated the way the light shined right on his eye in the dark, looking like a vulture eye. Another reason he was watching the old man during the night was because he hated how loud his heartbeat sounded. He thought it was loud enough for the neighbors to hear it. All in all, the old man's crazy roommate was truly mad.
Tell-tale Heart has a serious plot because he was planning on killing the old man because he was mad at his loud heartbeat that he thought the neighbor's could hear. An example of the plot is "He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was in his eye." This is an example of the plot because it tells you how he felt about his eye and also, how the old man felt about the mad man. In conclusion, the old man was nice and pleasant to the crazy man while the crazy man was rude and impolite to the old man.
In the end, the crazy man ended up killing the old man. After that the cops came by to investigate because the neighbors reported screaming next door. The crazy man gave himself up to the cops. Tell-tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe was suspenseful, serious, and had a lot of imagery. As you can see, Tell-tale Heart ended in a different way than anyone would have thought.
10/27/10
ELA 1/2
Have you ever read the short story Tell-tale Heart? The short story Tell-tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe has a wide variety of imagery, a suspenseful mood, and a serious plot. This short story is about a crazy man that wants to murder an old man for his evil vulture eye and his loud heartbeat. It also has an ending that you would never think would happen.
The wide variety of imagery tells the reader how the narrator felt when he saw the vulture eye and heard the old man's loud heartbeat. One example of imagery from the story is "There came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton." That is an example of imagery because it gives the reader an idea of what the old man's heart sounded like when he was sneaking up on him while he was sleeping. Another example of imagery is the old man's heart "...the heart would be heard by a neighbor!" That is an example of imagery because it gives you an idea of how loud his heartbeat was during the night. As you can see, the crazy man thought that the old man's heartbeat was loud and disturbing.
The suspenseful mood gives the person reading Tell-tale Heart a sense of how mad the crazy man felt sitting there, watching the old man. One example of of the mood is "True!- nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and I am." That is an example of mood because it shows that the narrator is nervous. The crazy man was watching the old man because he hated the way the light shined right on his eye in the dark, looking like a vulture eye. Another reason he was watching the old man during the night was because he hated how loud his heartbeat sounded. He thought it was loud enough for the neighbors to hear it. All in all, the old man's crazy roommate was truly mad.
Tell-tale Heart has a serious plot because he was planning on killing the old man because he was mad at his loud heartbeat that he thought the neighbor's could hear. An example of the plot is "He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was in his eye." This is an example of the plot because it tells you how he felt about his eye and also, how the old man felt about the mad man. In conclusion, the old man was nice and pleasant to the crazy man while the crazy man was rude and impolite to the old man.
In the end, the crazy man ended up killing the old man. After that the cops came by to investigate because the neighbors reported screaming next door. The crazy man gave himself up to the cops. Tell-tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe was suspenseful, serious, and had a lot of imagery. As you can see, Tell-tale Heart ended in a different way than anyone would have thought.
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ReplyDeletewow you have a great way to describe the story. i think you did a great job!
ReplyDeletethanks Emily! cute picture!
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