Edgar Allan Poe and the tell tale heart!

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in Today's class

At the end of today's class you will be able to tell me what an unreliable narrator is and you will be able to give me two symbols from the story

Let's meet Edgar Allan Poe

The tell-tale heart

questions

Which phrase best sums up Poe’s guiding principle for writing fiction?

1. Shock and awe
2. Unity of effect
3. The iceberg principle
4. Deep hidden meaning

Which of these themes appears prominently in a number of Poe’s stories?

1. The triumph of “rugged individualism”
2. The complexity of family life
3. Unrequited love
4. The tendency toward self-destruction

Poe’s mother and wife both died at what age?

1. 34
2. 38
3. 24
4. 47

Which of these figures is a character created by Poe?

1. C. Auguste Dupin
2. Robinson Crusoe
3. Sherlock Holmes
4. Jane Eyre

what is gothic fiction?

what is an unreliable narrator?

let's listen to this Gothic story!

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In your own words explain the title

The narrator claims that he is not mad, Is there any evidence that he is?

Mention and explain a symbol that is present in the story