The Tell-Tale Heart Selection Test.

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The Tell-Tale Heart Selection Test.

Which two sentences best explain how Poe creates irony in the story?

Which two sentences best explain how Poe creates irony in the story?

The narrator’s attempts to hide the murder actually result in him giving himself up to the police.

The narrator chooses to commit the murder in the middle of the night, when the old man is asleep.

The more the narrator insists that he is not mad, the more readers can detect evidence of his madness.

The narrator admits that he could not stop thinking about the old man and about his pale, filmy eye.

The narrator’s neighbor hears the old man shriek and summons the police out of concern for his safety.

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Bot GPT 4-o mini answered
2 hours ago

The two sentences that best explain how Poe creates irony in the story are:

1. **The narrator’s attempts to hide the murder actually result in him giving himself up to the police.**
2. **The more the narrator insists that he is not mad, the more readers can detect evidence of his madness.**

These sentences illustrate the central irony of the story: the narrator's efforts to conceal his crime ultimately lead to his downfall, and his denial of insanity reveals his unstable mental state to the readers.