-CHARACTER: Who could be the Villain in the Tell-Tale Heart ; consider your options and make sure to substantiate your final answer. Consider paragraph 4 p. 64.
- THEME: What is the narrator's motivation to recite the crime? Consider the details/symboles he provides and paragraph 3-4 on page 67.
- TONE: How would you describe the tone? (consider paragraph 3, p. 64) What is the ultimate irony in The Tell-Tale Heart and how does that relate to the title?
- CONFLICT: How would you describe the conflict? Consider p. 65 paragraph 7.