LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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“I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.”
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“The disease had sharpened my senses-not destroyed-not dulled them.”
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“I admit the deed-tear up the planks!-here, here!-it is the beating of his hideous heart.”
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“As the bell sounded the hour, there came a knocking at the street door.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story ‘’The Tell-Tale Heart”, the inciting incident occurs when the narrator believes he can hear the old man’s heart beating in fear and chooses that moment to murder him in fear that the neighbors will hear the sound.
Detailed explanation-2: -Q. Which passage below best represents inciting incident of “The Tell-Tale Heart”? “I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.”
Detailed explanation-3: -Climax: The narrator disposes of the old man’s body beneath the floorboards and the police arrive to ask questions. Falling Action: The narrator begins to think he can hear the old man’s heart beating again and that the officers can also hear it, but are tricking him into believing that he got away with it.
Detailed explanation-4: -The two main symbols in this short story are the eye, which represents evil, and the heart, which symbolizes the narrator’s guilt and conscience.