The Tell-Tale Heart Review

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What is the setting of 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?

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The old man's house, in his bedroom at midnight.

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What does the title 'The Tell-Tale Heart' signify?

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The narrator blames the old man's heart for giving him away.

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Identify an example of simile in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'.

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"It was the beating of the old man’s heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage."

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How does the narrator feel about the old man in 'The Tell-Tale Heart'?

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He loves him.

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What is the narrator most likely hearing when he thinks he hears the old man's heartbeat?

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His own heartbeat.

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What literary device is used when the narrator describes the heartbeat as a drum?

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Simile.

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What theme is explored through the narrator's obsession with the old man's heart?

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The theme of guilt and paranoia.

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How does the narrator's perception of reality change throughout the story?

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He becomes increasingly unstable and paranoid.

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What role does the old man's eye play in the narrator's actions?

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It symbolizes the narrator's irrational fear and obsession.

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What is the significance of the heartbeat in the climax of the story?

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It represents the narrator's overwhelming guilt.