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Tell Tale Heart
Tell Tale Heart
Tell Tale Heart
Fourth paragraph: Why doesnt the narrator leave when he realizes the old man is awake?
Fifth paragraph: Would you like to change your original prediction of what this story is about?
ACTIVITY: With a partner, map out the plot of Poes The Tell-Tale Heart using the following plot map.
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The narrator is pretty calm and collected when the police first show up. He gives them the guided tour of the house, and then invites them to hang out with him in th
Complication: The narrator makes a noise while spying on the old man, and the man wakes up and opens his eye. This isn't much of a complication. The man has to wake up in order for the narrator to kill him. If the man still wouldn't wake up after months and months of the narrator trying to kill him, now that would be a conflict. Climax: Murder The narrator kills the old man with his own bed and then cuts up the body and hides it under the bedroom floor. Suspense: Uh-oh, the police. The narrator is pretty calm and collected when the police first show up. He gives them the guided tour of the house, and then invites them to hang out with him in the man's bedroom. But, the narrator starts to hear a terrible noise, which gets louder and louder, and