Question

Read the following excerpt from The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Alan Poe.

It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night. Object there was none. Passion there was none. I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult. For his gold I had no disease. I think it was his eye! Yes, it was this! He had the eye of a vulture - a pale blue eye, with film over it. Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees - very gradually - I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.


What is the conflict of this passage?

Question 4 options:

man vs man


man vs self


man vs nature


man vs society
Answer
What is the most likely source of the sound the narrator identifies as the old man's heartbeat?

Question 5 options:

A watch wrapped in cotton.


Their own heartbeat.


The old man's heartbeat.


The narrator's imagination.
Answer
Why does the narrator confess their crime?

Question 6 options:

They want to explain to the police how they did it.


They think the old man wants him to confess.


The police accuse them of the crime.


They think the police are able to hear the heartbeat they hear.
Answer
Which statement best describes the resolution of the story?

Question 7 options:

The narrator decides to kill the old man.


The narrator hears what they think is the beating of the old man's heart.


The narrator confesses to his crime.


The narrator is discovered to be mad.
Answered by GPT-4o mini
The conflict in this passage can be categorized as **man vs self**. The narrator wrestles with his own thoughts and feelings, particularly his obsession with the old man's eye, which ultimately drives him to contemplate murder despite claiming to love the old man and having no reason to harm him. This internal struggle highlights a battle within the narrator's mind.
Answered by GPT-4o mini
The most likely source of the sound the narrator identifies as the old man's heartbeat is **the narrator's imagination**. Throughout "The Tell-Tale Heart," the narrator becomes increasingly agitated and paranoid, leading him to hear what he believes to be the old man's heartbeat, which ultimately signifies his own guilt and mental instability.
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The narrator confesses their crime because **they think the police are able to hear the heartbeat they hear**. In the story, the overwhelming sound of what they believe to be the old man's heartbeat—which is a manifestation of their own guilt—becomes so unbearable that they feel compelled to confess to the murder.
Answered by GPT-4o mini
The statement that best describes the resolution of the story is **the narrator confesses to his crime**. In the climax of the story, overwhelmed by guilt and the imagined sound of the old man's beating heart, the narrator ultimately reveals to the police what he has done, bringing the story to its conclusion.