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TELL TALE HEARTBy Edgar Allan Poe
DEEPENING: DISCUSSION
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•At the beginning of the story, how can you describe the narrator in detail? What is your impression of him?
DEEPENING: DISCUSSION
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•What do you think is the relationship between the narrator and the old man? Are they friends or enemies?
DEEPENING: DISCUSSION
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•What specifically is it about the old man that troubles the narrator? Why does it trouble him?
DEEPENING: DISCUSSION
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•What does the narrator do every night? Why?
DEEPENING: DISCUSSION
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•How does the narrator feel after he commits the murder? Is he worried about being caught?
DEEPENING: DISCUSSION
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•Why does the killer confess?
DEEPENING: DISCUSSION
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•The narrator seems unaware of the reason behind his killing, how can you describe his state of mind?
DEEPENING: DISCUSSION
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•Do you believe in the words and statements of the narrator?
DEEPENING: DISCUSSION
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•What does the narrator’s mind reveal about human beings in general?
DEEPENING: DISCUSSION
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•How can you describe the main conflict in the story? Is it an external or internal conflict?
DEEPENING: DISCUSSION
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•What other behaviors in real life can be associated with the narrator’s obsession?
DEEPENING: DISCUSSION
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•What does the narrator’s condition reveal about the nature of man’s wrong doings to each other?
DEEPENING: DISCUSSION
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•How does the story play on the concept of Freud’s structural model of behavior (id, ego and superego)?
DEEPENING: DISCUSSION
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•What does the short story reveal about the author?
DEEPENING: DISCUSSION