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Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart (1843)
Meet the protagonist1. Describethepersoninthepictures.Findadjectivestodescribehisdifferentmoodsandpossiblecharactertraits.
A B C
D E F
2. Inventabiographywhichexplainshischaracterandoutlinesthemajorphasesofhislife.
What it is all about…3. Watchtheshortfilmadaptationandexplainorcorrectthefollowingstatements:
a) Thestoryistoldinthechronologicalorderoftheevents. TrueÚ FalseÚ b) Theyoungmanhasalwayslikedtheoldman. TrueÚ FalseÚ c) Hecanonlykilltheoldmanifhiseyeisnotwatchinghim. TrueÚ FalseÚ d) Itisawell-plannedmurder,notaspontaneousdeed. TrueÚ FalseÚ e) Theoldman’sheartbeatgrowslouderandisfinallyheardbyaneighbour. TrueÚ FalseÚ f) Evenafterhisdeath,theoldman’sheartcarriesonbeating. TrueÚ FalseÚ g) Asthepoliceofficerssuspectfoulplay,theyoungmanfinallyadmitsthedeed. TrueÚ FalseÚ4. Explainthemeaningofthetitle“TheTell-TaleHeart”.ThencomparetheEnglishtitletotheGermanversions
usedindifferenttranslationsofthestory.Whichonesdoyouconsidermostand/orleastfitting?
a) „Der Verrückte, das Herz und das Auge“ b) „Das schwatzende Herz“
c) „Das verräterische Herz“ d) „Der alte Mann mit dem Geierauge“
5. Inventyourown(alternative)title(s)forthestoryandexplainyourchoice.
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A masterpiece of storytelling1. Readtheshortstory,thenrelateeachofthescreenshotsfromthevideoadaptationtoonepartoftheshort
storybyaddingparagraphorpageandlinereferences.Thenpickafittingquotefromthetextasacaption.
AFirsttwopara-graphs
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“Hearken!andobservehowhealthily–howcalmlyIcantellyouthewholestory.”(Para1)
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2. Afteralongdayofwork,PoliceOfficerCameronsitsdownathisdeskandwritesareportaboutthestrange
arrestheandhiscolleaguesmadetoday.Putyourselfinhisplaceandcompilehisreport:
• Outlinethefactsofthecaseinaneutraltone.
• Summariseanddescribetheevidencefoundatthecrimescene.
• Describethecharacterofthemurdereryouarrestedbasedonyourfirstimpression.
• Addapersonalconclusionthatassessesthecase,themurdererandhispossiblemotive.
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