For the past two weeks, we have practiced analytical thinking and howprewriting can help us develop papers. There is obviously a connection between prewriting and analysis: analysis finds and organizes details so that you can make meaning from them, and prewriting generates and organizes ideas (details) that can help develop an answer to a question that forms a paper. In other words, analysis and prewritingwork hand-in-hand: analysis is the thinking method and prewritinghelps begin communicating the thinking.
When reading a piece of literature, the use of language develops the meaning. Hence, the words and images are the details that develop the literary elements (plot, character, theme, setting, irony, point of view, symbols). Analyzing the details of a literary piece is vital to understanding it. Based on this, using prewriting can help us identify and organize these details to begin writing a paper.
To provide you more practice in analysis and prewriting, please complete the following activity:
When reading a piece of literature, the use of language develops the meaning. Hence, the words and images are the details that develop the literary elements (plot, character, theme, setting, irony, point of view, symbols). Analyzing the details of a literary piece is vital to understanding it. Based on this, using prewriting can help us identify and organize these details to begin writing a paper.
To provide you more practice in analysis and prewriting, please complete the following activity:
- Choose one of the two short stories ("The Tell-Tale Heart" or "The Model Millionaire").
- Choose one of the thesis statements on the Short Story Analysis Paper assignment sheet.
- Using one of our prewriting techniques and our analytical method, go through the story you have chosen and list at least five specific, significant details that develop the thesis. For example, if you choose the thesis on symbols in "The Tell-Tale Heart", you need to find at least five specific details connected to that thesis. In other words, "symbol" is your pattern or category--what details belong to this pattern? Provide the precise wording from the story, along with the page number where the detail was found.
- When you're finished, ask any questions that you need answered to help you better understand analysis or prewriting.
I chose to use the story “A Tell Tale Heart” and the thesis statement “Although the narrator of Poe’s “The Tell Tale Heart” attempts to convince us of his sanity, his narration and actions show otherwise.”
ReplyDelete1) “The disease had sharpened my senses – not destroyed – not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell.” Pg.1
2) “I undid it just so much that a single a single thin rat fell upon the vulture eye. And this I did for seven long nights – very night just at midnight – but I found the eye was closed; and so it was impossible to do the work; for it was not the old man who vexed me, but his Evil Eye.” Pg.1-2
3) “I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle, and in the mean time I did not hear him lie down. He was still sitting up in the bed listening; - just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall.”pg.2
4) “It was open – wide, wide open – and I grew furious as I gazed upon it. I saw it with perfect distinctness – all dull blue, with a hideous veil over it that chilled the very marrow in my bones; but I could see nothing else of the old man’s face or person: for I had directed the ray as if by instinct, precisely upon the damned spot. And had I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over acuteness of the senses?” Pg. 3
5) “I led them, at length, to his chamber. I showed them his treasures, secure, undisturbed. In the enthusiasm if my confidence, I brought chairs into the room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim” Pg.4
6) “Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die! And now – again! – hark! Louder! Louder! Louder! ‘Villains! I shrieked, ‘dissemble no more! I admit the dead! – tear up the planks! Here, here! – it is the beating of his hideous heart’! Pg. 4
The above sentences show how the narrators actions are quite insane even though he sees then as very cunning and clear minded decisions.
7) How are you suppose to identify the symbols in both short stories and determine there connection to the stories plot.
The story I choose is “The Tell-tale heart” and the thesis statement is “Although the narrator of Poe’s “The Tell-tale Heart” attempts to convince the reader of his sanity , his narrations and actions show otherwise.
ReplyDelete3. - “It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this!” (pg.1)
- “my blood ran cold; and so by degrees - very gradually - I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.”(pg.1)
- “I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph. To think that there I was, opening the door, little by little, and he not even to dream of my secret deeds or thoughts. I fairly chuckled at the idea”(pg.2)
- “fell full upon the vulture eye. It was open - wide, wide open - and I grew furious as I gazed upon it. I saw it with perfect distinctness - all a dull blue, with a hideous veil over it that chilled the very marrow in my bones” (pg.3)
- “They heard! - they suspected! - they knew! - they were making a mockery of my horror! - this I thought, and this I think. But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die! and now - again! - hark! louder! louder! louder! louder! 'Villains!' I shrieked, 'dissemble no more! I admit the deed! - tear up the planks! here, here! - it is the beating of his hideous heart!”(pg.5)
4. At this particular time I do not have any specific questions I need answered.
I chose "The Tell-tale Heart" and the thesis statement is, "Although the narrator of Poe's "The Tell-tale Heart" attempts to convince the reader of his sanity, his narration and actions show otherwise.
ReplyDelete1.True! - nervous - very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses - not destroyed -not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad?(pg.1)
2.I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men - but the noise steadily increased. Oh God! what could I do? I foamed - I raved - I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. It grew louder - louder - louder! And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God! - no, no! They heard! - they suspected! - they knew! - they were making a mockery of my horror! - this I thought, and this I think. But anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die! and now - again! - hark! louder! louder! louder! louder!.(pg.5)
3.But, ere long, I felt myself getting pale and wished them gone. My head ached, and I fancied a ringing in my ears: but still they sat and still chatted. The ringing became more distinct: - it continued and became more distinct: I talked more freely to get rid of the feeling: but it continued and gained definiteness - until, at length, I found that the noise was not within my ears.(pg.4)
4. You cannot imagine how stealthily, stealthily - until, at length a simple dim ray, like the thread of the spider, shot from out the crevice and fell full upon the vulture eye. It was open - wide, wide open - and I grew furious as I gazed upon it. I saw it with perfect distinctness - all a dull blue, with a hideous veil over it that chilled the very marrow in my bones; but I could see nothing else of the old man's face or person: for I had directed the ray as if by instinct, precisely upon the damned spot. And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over acuteness of the senses? - now, I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I knew that sound well, too. It was the beating of the old man's heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.(pg.3)
5. I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle, and in the meantime I did not hear him lie down. He was still sitting up in the bed listening; - just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall.(pg.2)
I have no questions at this time that I need to be answered.
1&2. The story I chose is “The Tell-tale heart” and the thesis statement is “Although the narrator of Poe’s “The Tell-tale Heart” attempts to convince the reader of his sanity , his narrations and actions show otherwise.”
ReplyDelete3.
“ I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! he had the eye of a vulture - a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees - very gradually - I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.” - page 1
“Never before that night, had I felt the extent of my own powers - of my sagacity. I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph.” page 2
“Many a night, just at midnight, when all the world slept, it has welled up from my own bosom, deepening, with its dreadful echo, the terrors that distracted me. I say I knew it well. I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart. I knew that he had been lying awake ever since the first slight noise, when he had turned in the bed. His fears had been ever since growing upon him. He had been trying to fancy them causeless, but could not.” page 2
“All in vain; because Death, in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow before him, and enveloped the victim. And it was the mournful influence of unperceived shadow that caused him to feel - although he neither saw nor heard - to feel the pressure of my head within the room.” page 2
“The old man’s hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once - once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. I then smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done. But, for many minutes, the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall. At length it ceased. The old man was dead.” page 3
“If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I described the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body. The night waned; and I worked hastily, but in silence. First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs. Then took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings. I then replaced the boards so cleverly, so cunningly, that no human eye - not even his - could have detected anything wrong. There was nothing to wash out - no stain of any kind - no blood-spot whatever.” page 3
4. Right now I don’t have any questions I would like to be answered at this time.
I chose “The Model Millionaire,” with the thesis statement being, “Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor should be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.”
ReplyDelete1. “He had tried everything. He had gone on the Stock Exchange for six months; but what was a butterfly to do among bulls and bears? He had been a tea-merchant for a little longer, but had soon tired of pekoe and souchong. Then he had tried selling dry sherry. That did not answer; the sherry was a little too dry. Ultimately he became nothing, a delightful, ineffectual young man with a perfect profile and no profession.” (Pg. 1)
2. “'Come to me, my boy, when you have got ten thousand pounds of your own, and we will see about it,' he used to say; and Hughie looked very glum on those days, and had to go to Laura for consolation.” (Pg. 1)
3. “He had been very much attracted by Hughie at first, it must be acknowledged, entirely on account of his personal charm. 'The only people a painter should know,' he used to say, 'are people who are bete and beautiful, people who are an artistic pleasure to look at and an intellectual repose to talk to. Men who are dandies and women who are darlings rule the world, at least they should do so.” (Pg. 1)
4. “He had been very much attracted by Hughie at first, it must be acknowledged, entirely on account of his personal charm. 'The only people a painter should know,' he used to say, 'are people who are bete and beautiful, people who are an artistic pleasure to look at and an intellectual repose to talk to. Men who are dandies and women who are darlings rule the world, at least they should do so.” (Pg. 2)
5. “The old beggar-man took advantage of Trevor's absence to rest for a moment on a wooden bench that was behind him. He looked so forlorn and wretched that Hughie could not help pitying him, and felt in his pockets to see what money he had. All he could find was a sovereign and some coppers. 'Poor old fellow,' he thought to himself, 'he wants it more than I do, but it means no hansoms for a fortnight;' and he walked across the studio and slipped the sovereign into the beggar's hand.” (Pg. 3)
1 & 2. I chose to use the story "A Tell Tale Heart" and the thesis statement "Although the narrator of Poe's "The Tell Tale Heart" attempts to convince us of his sanity, his narration and actions show otherwise."
ReplyDelete3. a) "The disease had sharpened my senses - not destroyed - not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell" Page 1, Paragraph 1.
b) "You should have seen how wisely I proceeded - with what cation - with what foresight - with what dissimulation I went to work!" Page 1, Paragraph 3
c) "I took my visitors all over the house. I bade them them search - search well. I led them at length, to his chamber. I showed them his treasures, secure, undisturbed. In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the room and desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim." Page 4, Paragraph 3
d) "Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in! I moved it slowly - very, very slowly, so that i might not disturb the old man's sleep." Page 1, Paragraph 3.
e) "I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle, and in the mean time I did not hear him lie down. He was still sitting up in the bed listening; - just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall.” Page 2, Paragraph 4
4. I don't have any questions right now.
In the short story “The tell-tale heart” the narrator attempted to convince the reader of his sanity, his narration and actions show otherwise.
ReplyDelete“I loved The old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult, for this gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had an eye of a vulture-pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degree-very gradually- I made up my mind to take the life of the old man.” (pg 1)
“I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph. To think that there I was, opening the door, little by little, and he not even to dream of my secret deeds or thoughts. I fairly chuckled at the idea.”(pg.2)
“I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle, and in the meantime I did not hear him lie down. He was still sitting up in the bed listening; - just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall.“(pg.2)
“The old man’s hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once - once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. I then smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done. But, for many minutes, the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall. At length it ceased. The old man was dead.”(pg 3)
“Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die!! And now-again! Hark! Louder! Louder! Louder! Louder! Villains! I shrieked, dissemble no more! I admit the deed- tear up the planks! Here, here! - it is the beating of his hideous heart!”
4. I dont have any questions at the moment.
In the short story “The Tell Tale Heart” the narrator tries to convince the reader of his sanity but his actions paint a much different picture.
ReplyDelete1. “I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily - how calmly I can tell you the whole story” (Page 1)
2. “And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over acuteness of the senses? - now, I say, there came to my ears a low, dull, quick sound, such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton. I knew that sound well, too. It was the beating of the old man's heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage.” (page 3)
3. “If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body. The night waned; and I worked hastily, but in silence. First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs.” (Page 4)
4. “In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim.”(Page 4)
5. “Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded - with what caution - with what foresight - with what dissimulation I went to work” ( page 1)
I do not have any questions I need answered right now
I chose the story "The Model Millionaire" by Oscar Wilde, and the thesis statement: "[the story] uses its protagonist, Hughie, to show that a person's worth is found within."
ReplyDelete1. "Personally, he was a strange, rough fellow...but when he took up the brush, he was a real master, and his pictures were eagerly sought after." (about Alan; a supporting character who also supports the thesis statement)
2. Much is made over Hughie's looks (Alan originally was "attracted by Hughie at first...on account of his personal charm."), yet it is clear that his generosity and good heart are the point of the story
3. 'Poor old chap!' said Hughie, "how miserable he looks!" (This is evidence of Hughie's innate concern for others.)
4. Hughie gives up his cab money for two weeks to someone he believes is a destitute old man. This shows he is willing to sacrifice his own comforts out of altruism.
5.'Millionaire models,' remarked Alan, 'are rare enough; model millionaires are rarer still!' This play on words underscores that despite being rich, a millionaire is also willing to be altruistic in turn to someone who he finds worthy.
THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE
ReplyDeleteA note of admiration
PLOT
PG.1 Para.1
unless oneis wealthy ther is no use in being a charming fellow romance is the privilege of the rich,not the profession of the unemployed.The poor should be practical and prosaic.It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.These are the great truths of modern life which Hughie Erskine never released.
pg.2 para.2
One morning,as he was on his way to holland Park,where the Mertons lived,he dropped in to see a great friend of his,Alan Trevor.Trevor was a painter.But he was also an artist,and artist are rather rare.However,when he took up the brush he was a real master,and his pictures were eagerly sought after.
pg.2 para.2
When Hughie came in he found Trevor putting the finishing touches to a wonderful full-size picture of a beggar-man.The beggar himself was standing on a raised platform in a corner of the studio.He was a wizened old man,with a face like wrinkled parchment,and a most piteous expression.Over his shoulders was flung a coarse brown cloak,all tears and tatters;his boots were patched and cobbled,and with one hand he leanton a round stick,while with the other hand he held out his battered hat for alms.
pg.3 para.3
He looked so forlorn and wrenched that hughie could not help pitying him,he felt in his pockets to see what money he had.All he could find was a sovereign;and he walked across the studio and slipped the sovereign into the beggars hand.
pg.4 para.4
My dear boy,said Trevor,smiling,that old beggar,as you know him,is one of the richest men in Europe.He could buy all London to-morrow without overdrawing his account.He has a house in every capital,dines off gold plate,and can prevent Russia going to war when he chooses.
pg.5 para.5
what a duffer he must think of me! said Hughie.
Not at all.He was in the highest spirits after you left;kept chuckling to himself and rubbing his old wrinkled hands together.Couldn't make out why he was so interestd to know all about you but i see it all now.He'll invest your sovereign for you,hughie give you the interest every six months,and have a capital story to tell after dinner.
pg.5 para.6
The baron,said the old gentleman,with a smile,has commisioned me to bring you this letter;and he extended a sealed envelope.On the outside was written,A wedding present to hugh Erskine and Laura Merton,from an old beggar,and inside was a cheque for 10,000
I opted for the short story "The Model Millionaire" and the thesis: the setting helps develope the theme that a person's generosity will be rewarded. Although I am a bit confused about the plot of the story here are some points that support the thesis---
ReplyDelete-The protagonist Hughie is an outcast in high society with average intellect. Albeit good looking, he has no means of income like the rest of the estate.
-The one he loves is the daughter of a Colonel
who is well traveled, and presumably rich, as he demands Hughie: 'Come to me, my boy, when you have got ten thousand pounds of your own, and we will see about it,'
-When visiting his friend Alan he gives up his cab money to whom he thinks is a beggar. He doesn't fit in with the rich, so he might as well give what he has to the poor.
-Doing so he frequently metions the pity he has for the "model", Alan jokes 'That old model you saw is quite devoted to you. I had to tell him all about you - who you are, where you live, what your income is, what prospects you have--'
-In the end the "model" turns out to be a Baron and one of the richest men in Britain who gives Hughie the ten thousand pounds he need to marry his love.
The setting of Aristrocrat Britain shows the pressure Hughie must endure to try and find a suitable living, along with the struggle of finding love amongst the high society.
The story I chose was “The Tell-Tale Heart” and the thesis statement, although the narrator of Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” attempts to convince the reader of his sanity, his narration and actions show otherwise.
ReplyDelete1)“The disease had sharpened my senses – not destroyed – not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad?” Page 1
2)“I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture – a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees – very gradually – I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.” Page 1
3)“Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded – with what caution – with what foresight – with what dissimulation I went to work! I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.” Page 1
4)“And have I not you that what you mistake for madness is but over acuteness of the senses?” Page 3
5)“If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body. The night waned; and I worked hastily, but in silence. First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs” page 4
6)“Villians!’ I shrieked, ‘dissemble no more! I admit the deed! – tear up the planks! Here, here it is the beating of the hideous heart!” Page 5
I chose the story “The Tell Tale Heart” to do my literature analysis, the thesis I chose was,
ReplyDelete“Although the narrator of Poe's “The Tell-tale Heart” attempts to convince the reader of his sanity, his narration and actions show otherwise.”
Supporting Details:
1. Here the man is saying the disease is helping him in some way. “True! - nervous - very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses - not destroyed - not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily - how calmly I can tell you the whole story.” Page 1
2. “Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded - with what caution - with what foresight - with what dissimulation I went to work!” page 1
3. “do you mark me well? I have told you that I am nervous: so I am. And now at the dead hour of the night, amid the dreadful silence of that old house, so strange a noise as this excited me to uncontrollable terror.” Page 3
4. “If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body”. Page 4
5. “And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over acuteness of the senses?” page 3
How do you find the symbols in a short story like this? What is a sure fire way to find supporting details?
I found this exercise difficult and I didn’t quite understand how to do it, but I tried my best.
“The Tell-Tale Heart”
ReplyDeleteEdgar Allen Poe
Although the narrator of Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” attempts to convince the reader of his sanity, his narration and actions show otherwise.
1. “He had the eye of a vulture - a pale blue eye with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold: and so by degrees - very gradually - I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever” (pg 1)
2.“I was never kinder to the old man during the whole week before I killed him.” (pg 1)
3. “So you see he would have been a very profound old man, indeed, to suspect that every night , just at twelve, I looked upon him while he slept” (pg 1)
4. “I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle, and in the meantime I did not hear him lie down. He was still sitting up in the bed listening: - just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall.” (pg 1)
5. “If you still think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body. The night waned; and I worked hastily, but in silence. First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs.” (pg 4)
“The tell-tale heart” the narrator tires to make his readers believe he is a sane person although he is clearly out of his mind.
ReplyDelete“I loved The old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult, for this gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! yes, it was this! He had an eye of a vulture-pale blue eye, with a film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degree-very gradually- I made up my mind to take the life of the old man.” (pg 1)
“I could scarcely contain my feelings of triumph. To think that there I was, opening the door, little by little, and he not even to dream of my secret deeds or thoughts. I fairly chuckled at the idea.”(pg. 2)
“I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle, and in the meantime I did not hear him lie down. He was still sitting up in the bed listening; - just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall.“(pg. 2)
“The old man’s hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once - once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. I then smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done. But, for many minutes, the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall. At length it ceased. The old man was dead.”(pg. 3)
“Anything was more tolerable than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer! I felt that I must scream or die!! And now-again! Hark! Louder! Louder! Louder! Louder! Villains! I shrieked, dissemble no more! I admit the deed- tear up the planks! Here, here! - it is the beating of his hideous heart!”
4. I have no questions.
I chose "The Tell Tale Heart". The thesis that i chose is although the narrator of Poe's "The Tell Tale Heart" attempts to convince the reader of his sanity, his narration and actions show other wise.
ReplyDelete1.I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily - how calmly I can tell you the whole story. (pg. 1)
2. It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. (pg.1)
3. I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him. And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it - oh so gently! (pg.1)
4. I knew that sound well, too. It was the beating of the old man's heart. It increased my fury, as the beating of a drum stimulates the soldier into courage. (pg.3)
5. If still you think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body. The night waned; and I worked hastily, but in silence. First of all I dismembered the corpse. I cut off the head and the arms and the legs.(pg. 4)
1. I chose “The Tell-Tale Heart”
ReplyDelete2. I chose the second thesis, The symbols in Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” are used to show the narrator’s madness.
3. Details from the story are as follows: Page one, the narrator talks about the eye of the old man, how he has the “eye of a vulture, a pale blue eye, with a film over it. Page two, heard the groan of terror, and the shutters. Page four, when the narrator talks about the lantern light shinny on the vulture eye, and how furious he was. Page four, the heart beat and how mad it drives the narrator crazy. Finally page five, when the narrator kills him and the whole scene with the cops.
4. As of right now, I don’t have any questions to ask.
The story I chose was "The Tell Tale Heart", and I used the first thesis. Although the narrator of Poe's "The Tell Tale Heart" attempts to convince the reader of his sanity, his narration and actions tell otherwise.
ReplyDelete1."I heard many things in hell. How then am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily, how calmly, I can tell you the whole story."
2."You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded -- with what caution -- with what foresight, with what dissimulation, I went to work!"
3."And now have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the senses?"
4."I took up three planks from the flooring of the chamber, and deposited all between the scantlings. I then replaced the boards so cleverly so cunningly, that no human eye -- not even his -- could have detected anything wrong. There was nothing to wash out -- no stain of any kind -- no blood-spot whatever. I had been too wary for that."
5."I showed them his treasures, secure, undisturbed. In the enthusiasm of my confidence, I brought chairs into the room, and desired them here to rest from their fatigues, while I myself, in the wild audacity of my perfect triumph, placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim."
I decided to choose the model millionaire, along with the thesis statement that the story uses Hughie, to show that a person's worth is found within. 1. All he could find was a sovereign and some coppers. Poor old fellow, he thought to himself, he wants it more than I do, but it means no hansoms for a fortnight, and he walked across the studio and slipped the sovereign into the beggar's hand. pg.3 2. Then trevor arrived, and hughie took his leave, blushing a little at what he had done. pg.3 3. I have got heaps of old clothes at home - do you think he would care for any of them? pg.3 4. You told that old beggar all my private affairs? cried hughie, looking very red and angry. pg.3 5. What a duffer he must think of me! said hughie. No questions for now.
ReplyDelete1&2.)I chose to support the thesis statement, “Although the narrator of Poe’s “The Tell-tale heart” attempts to convince the reader of his sanity, his narration and actions show otherwise.”
ReplyDelete3a.) “I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me an insult. For his gold I had no desire. I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture.” He says he actually like the man so he needed to kill him because his eye was messed up? (pg.1)
3b.) “It was open wide, wide open- and I grew furious as I gazed upon it” (pg.3)
3c.) “With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once – once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. I then smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done.” (pg.3)
3d.) “If you still think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions o took for the concealment of the body.”
3e.) “I foamed- I raved -I swore! I swung the chair upon which I had been sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose over all and continually increased. It grew louder – louder – louder! (pg.5)
4.) In this specific story what details would belong to the symbol category? Is there one?
-Kayla Van Auken