The Tell-Tale Heart : Reading

“Tell-Tale Heart” Discussion Questions for Poe Partners (use these as a study guide for the quiz) 1. Who is telling this story (narrating)? Is it first, second, or third person? 2. What is your first impression of the narrator? Where do you think the sounds he heard were coming from? 3. What do you think the relationship was between the old man and the narrator? 4. What could have been the reason for the old man’s eye to appear to be a “vulture eye”? 5. What does the narrator try to convince the reader of? Do you believe him? 6. Why does the narrator go into the room for seven nights? What words describe how he entered the room? 7. How does the old man react when he realizes someone is in the room? Why does the narrator say he knows how the old man feels? 8. How did the narrator describe the beating of the old man’s heart? How did he react to it? 9. How does the narrator kill the old man? 10. What sound does the narrator think he hears after the murder? In reality, what could it be? Why does it get louder and louder? 11. How does the narrator feel immediately after he commits the murder? Do his feelings change? If so, how and why? 12. How did the narrator choose to conceal his crime? Does he fear being caught?