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The Tell-Tale Heart Analysis and Comparison | Story Elements and Points of View

Explore the plot, climax, conflict, and resolution of "The Tell-Tale Heart." Define key words from the story, analyze the narrator's insanity, and compare different movie versions. Understand narrative points of view like first person and third person, and how they affect storytelling in literature. Watch video adaptations of the tale and evaluate their suitability for varying audiences. Enhance your understanding of narrative techniques and literary analysis with this in-depth study.

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The Tell-Tale Heart Analysis and Comparison | Story Elements and Points of View

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  1. Today’s Checklist • Warm-up – review short story plot • The Tell-Tale Heart questions • Movie comparison

  2. Short story plot 4. Climax 3. Conflict 2. Rising Action 5. Falling Action 5. Conclusion 1. Introduction/Exposition

  3. The Tell-Tale Heart Questions • Based on their use in the story, define the following words. • Fancy • Vex • Foul play • From what point of view is the story told? • Identify the climax of the story. • Provide at least two examples from the text to support the claim that the narrator is insane.

  4. Compare and contrast Watch the following video versions of “The Tell-Tale Heart” Shortz (8:00) vs. Version 2 (10:00) Which version do you think provides a better portrayal of the story? Which version do you think is more suitable for adults? For adolescents? For children?

  5. Point of view • Tornado hits west of Kingston • Write two lines following this headline as… • The man • The tornado • The house… • Would tell the story

  6. Points of view • First person • The narrator is one of the characters in the story • Clues: pronouns such as I, me, my, mine • Narrator may not be completely reliable • The reader finds out only what this character knows, thinks, and sees

  7. Third person objective • The narrator is not a character in the story • Clues: third person pronouns such as he, she, his, her, its, they, and them • Narrator is an observer: can only tell what is said and done • Cannot see into the minds of the characters

  8. Third person limited • Narrator is not a character in the story, but tells the story from one character’s perspective • Can see into one character’s mind but no one else’s • Clues: third person pronouns such as he, she, his, her, its, they, and them

  9. Third person omniscient • The narrator is not a character in the story • Clues: he, she, his, her, etc. • Narrator can see into the minds of all characters • We find out what all or most of the characters do, fell, think and see

  10. Examples • Newspaper articles • Third person objective • “Lamb to the Slaughter” • Third person limited • “On the Sidewalk, Bleeding” • Third person limited • “The Tell-Tale Heart” • First person

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