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

Question 5 • NY-Common Core ELA 12

Using an excitable and unreliable narrator in "The Tell-Tale Heart” allows Edgar Allan Poe to

Answer
A
explore human psychology.
B
provide a calm perspective.
C
give the story a happy ending.
D
relate a powerful love story.

Explanation

The narrator’s frantic, unreliable account lets Poe reveal the narrator’s fear, guilt, and distorted thinking from the inside. This helps the story explore human psychology. It does not provide a calm perspective or turn the story into a happy ending or love story.

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