The tell-tale heart 泄密的心.ppt

By Shenjia / Chen Xiaomin /Guo Wenting Plot summary Point of view 3 major parts Point of view The author writes in the first person. The narrator, in this particular story, continually stresses that he is not mad, and tries to convince us of that by describes how carefully this cruel crime was planned and executed making the story even horrible.  servant tenant Before killing the old man (Para 1-3) the old man with a clouded, pale, blue vulture-like eye 1.Why? 2. Seven days’ observation (Para 3) ‘I loved the old man.’ ‘He had never wronged me.’ ‘For his gold I had no desire.’ While killing the old man (Para 4-13) The 8th night: The old man discovered him. He waited for a long time patiently. The old man uttered a groan. Then he decided to open the lantern(灯罩). Seeing the old man’s eyes and hearing his heart beating, he went mad and killed the old man. The old man screamed once. He dismembered the corpse, and hided the dead body under the planks . ‘‘who’s there?’’ After killing the old man (Para 14-18) A neighbor heard the scream and reported to the police. He welcomed the three officers to look around, and explained that the scream was his own in a dream while the old man was absent in the country. Confident that no one could detected anything wrong, he led them to the old man’s room while himself placed his own seat on the very spot beneath the corpse. However, he began to feel uncomfortable and noticed a ringing in his ears. Whatever he did the ringing grows louder. He mistook the sound for the old man’s heart beating and believed that the officers suspected, they just making a mockery of his horror. Finally he went mad and admitted the deed.