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The Tell Tale Heart: Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe, Bill D. Fountain
gaby_inz's review
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
ruth24's review
3.0
I knew the basic story as I'd seen references to it in pop culture (ex. The Simpsons). I read it today for the first time. It creeped me out (especially with the single beam of light cast on the pale blue eye) even though it's very short. I found myself reading faster at the end as the narrator gets crazier and crazier at the "sound" of the beating heart beneath the floor boards. Overall - glad I read it!
theartisangeek's review
settare's review
3.0
I am not yet wise enough or somber enough to appreciate Edgar Allan Poe the way he is supposed to be appreciated. Maybe sometime in the future.
greatgatsbys's review
4.0
I've read this in English classes here and there, but I read it properly for the first time today.
Story time: I've been watching a lot of The Following recently, in which murders take place in the name of Edgar Allen Poe - the killers use his works to inspire methods of murder.
In one episode, a "street performer" recites Poe, wearing a mask of Poe's face, before promptly setting fire to a man on the street. I watched that episode at 6am this morning, so you can imagine my shock when I opened my English paper to find a picture of Poe's face at the top. It was a highly disturbing moment to say the least.
"The Tell Tale Heart" is an eerie tale of insanity, of murder, of an unreliable narrator, all packed into 3 A4 pages. We read this out loud in class, and that really highlights the literary techniques used to tell such a captivating tale in such a short amount of time, such as repetition of important themes or words.
There's not a lot of content to review here, but what is there is disturbing but well written.
Story time: I've been watching a lot of The Following recently, in which murders take place in the name of Edgar Allen Poe - the killers use his works to inspire methods of murder.
In one episode, a "street performer" recites Poe, wearing a mask of Poe's face, before promptly setting fire to a man on the street. I watched that episode at 6am this morning, so you can imagine my shock when I opened my English paper to find a picture of Poe's face at the top. It was a highly disturbing moment to say the least.
"The Tell Tale Heart" is an eerie tale of insanity, of murder, of an unreliable narrator, all packed into 3 A4 pages. We read this out loud in class, and that really highlights the literary techniques used to tell such a captivating tale in such a short amount of time, such as repetition of important themes or words.
There's not a lot of content to review here, but what is there is disturbing but well written.
sallybunney's review
3.0
1. the tell-tale heart 4/5
2. the fall of the house of usher 3/5
3. the cask of amontillado 3/5
2. the fall of the house of usher 3/5
3. the cask of amontillado 3/5
imogenn's review
4.0
Three excellently creepy short stories, with textbook gothic settings and some interesting explorations of madness and overactive imaginations...