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AssignmentMultiple Choice

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart”

Question 5 • IC English 12 - Deering

Which statement best describes the relationship between the narrative style and the genre of "The Tell-Tale Heart”?

Answer
A
Using a third-person point of view allows Poe to provide a calm, reasonable perspective on the supernatural events in the story.
B
Poe’s use of an unreliable narrator makes the reader want to solve the mystery of who really killed the old man.
C
Using an unreliable and excitable narrator allows Poe to explore irrationality and strong emotions.
D
Poe’s use of the first-person point of view allows the reader to admire the narrator’s inspiring and heroic deeds.

Explanation

The story is told by an excitable narrator whose insistence that he is sane is undermined by his actions and perceptions. This unreliable first-person style helps Poe explore irrationality and intense emotions, which suit the story’s horror genre. Choice B is less accurate because the main mystery is not who killed the old man; the narrator admits to the murder.

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