1、12Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Edgar Allan Poe is the master of the horror literature. The Black Cat The Tell-Tale Heart The Fall of The House of Usher3setting Time : At midnight Place : In a house4character The narrator “I” An old man Three policemen5Summery The narrator murdered an old man, for a f
2、reakish reason that one of his victims eye “resembles that of a vulture-a pale blue eye, with a film over it.”(sele,134). He waited for the chance, and committed the crime one night, after which he soberly deposited the dead body under the floor 6Summery and destroyed all the traces. Policemen came,
3、 but they detected nothing of the murder. However, when he fancied he heard the old mans heart beating louder and louder, he cannot stand the psychological pressure any longer. Thus he confessed to his horrible deed.78Exposition The narrator decided to kill the old man, with whom he seems to be livi
4、ng together, for he could not bear facing the old mans eye. He wanted to rid himself of the eye forever.9 External conflictThe narrator IThe old mans eye10Complication For seven nights, the narrator managed to sneak into the old mans room to kill him, but he found the eye always closed. Upon the eig
5、hth night, he finally committed the murder of the old man with his “evil eye” open, after which he cut off the head and the arms and the legs and deposited them under the floor. When policemen came, the narrator took them all over the house and even to the old mans room. Everything was fine, and he
6、felt very proud of his wise.11 Internal conflictThe evil IMy feeling of guilty12Climax The end of the story was also the climax. It depicts the disturbed state of mind of the neurotic murderer. As the narrator sited with the police, he began to hear a sound in his ears “a low, dull, quick sound-much
7、 such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton”. The narrators “tell-tale” heart caused him to convict himself.13Theme Poes most typical theme : psychological obsession embodied in a first-person narrator.1415How did Poe make such a horrible story? Point of view :first-person, unreliable Psychologi
8、cal analysis of the criminal mind, “a writer of nerves” (Baudelaire)16The narrator “I” “True!-nervous-very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?Hearken! And observe how healthily-how calmly I can tell you the whole story”(Sele,134) Thus the narrator revealed his madness in the very attempt to deny it.17写在最后写在最后成功的基础在于好的学习习惯成功的基础在于好的学习习惯The foundation of success lies in good habits18谢谢大家荣幸这一路，与你同行ItS An Honor To Walk With You All The Way讲师：XXXXXX XX年XX月XX日
