Prompt:
Explore how Edgar Allan Poe uses storytelling in “The Tell-Tale Heart” to show a character’s guilt and descent into madness. How do readers interpret the story, and what creative techniques does Poe use to make the narrative psychologically intense?
Chosen Text:
“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe.
Area of Exploration:
Readers, Writers, and Texts
Concepts to Address (I might not address them all):
● Identity: Investigate the construction of the narrator’s identity.
● Communication: Analyze narrative techniques communicating the protagonist’s
psychological state.
● Perspective: Examine the story from different reader perspectives.
● Representation: Explore how guilt and madness are represented and interpreted.
● Creativity: Evaluate Poe’s creative use of literary devices and language in conveying
psychological intensity.