THE TELL-

TALE HEART
by Edgar Allan Poe
Who was Edgar Allan Poe?
-An American writer, - Studied at University
poet, critic and editor of Virginia

- Studied at University
-Born on January 19, States Military
1809 Academiy at West
Point

-He was born at - Died on October 7,

Boston, Washington 1848
THE TELL-TALE HEART

-Short Gothic
Horror Story by
Edgar Allan Poe
and Published in
the Pioneer in 1843.
POINT OF VIEW:
-1ST Person Point of View
CONFLICT:
-Character vs. Self

CHARACTERS:
-The Narrator
-The old man
-3 Police Officers
SETTINGS:
-The old man’s house,
specifically in his bedroom.
-Midnight for 7 nights.
-Midnight to about 5am on the
8 night.
th
EXPOSITION:

-The narrator is insane and he is

planning to murder the old man
because of his “evil eye”.
RISING ACTION:

-The narrator continuously

checks on the old man at
midnight for 7 nights.
CLIMAX:
-On the eighth night, the lantern light lands on
the open eye of the old man, The narrator
became enraged. He thinks that the neighbors
will hear the old man’s heart beat so the narrator
murdered the old man right away and
dismembering the body.
FALLING ACTION:
-The narrator disposes the body
under the floor boards in the old
man’s bedroom. 3 Police officers
arrived. The narrator had
conversations with the police while
sitting on where the body is. The
narrator began to go insane,
thinking that the police will hear
the old man’s heart beating.
RESOLUTION:

-The narrator admits

killing the old man.
THEME:
-Fear of Mortality

SYMBOLISM:
-Eye and Heart
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