Questions

MDC, West Campus ENC1102 English Composition 2 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ON EDGAR ALLAN POE’S “THE TELL-TALE HEART”

NAME:

1. Who are the main characters in the story?

2. What is the setting? Is it relevant in creating the mood of the story? Explain.

3. Point out two essential instances of foreshadowing in the first paragraph.

4. What is the main conflict in the story?

5. How does paragraph three provide evidence of the main character’s insanity?

6. What is the narrator’s definition of what his interlocutor calls “madness”? Why is that

definition needed there?

7. Describe the narrator’s feelings as he talked to the police officers.

8. What is the climax of the story? Is there more than one? Explain.

9. What is the theme (main idea) of the story? Is the author more interested in causing an

effect though?