“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe 1. On the eighth night, the old man’s eye is open, which enrages the narrator. What makes the narrator finally barge into the room and commit the murder?

2. Reread the definition of a protagonist. How does the protagonist in “The Tell-Tale Heart” differ from a typical protagonist?

3. How do the events just prior to the old man’s death (paragraph. 3) foreshadow the events at the end (paragraph. 4)?

In at least 150 words, discuss the comparison described in the figurative language and how the connotative language reinforces the symbol. certainly the utmost rim of my first dome was filled with the tumultuous impression of soldiers marching to death for freedom's sake, of pioneers streaming westward to establish self-government in yet another sovereign state. only the great dome of st. peter's itself has ever clutched my heart as did that modest curve which had sequestered from infinitude in a place small enough for my child's mind, the courage and endurance which i could not comprehend so long as it was lost in "the void of unresponsible space" under the vaulting sky itself.