PPT-Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Alan Poe

Using Context Clues Standard 8L4Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiplemeaning words or phrases Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase Objective Students will verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase by checking the inferred meaning in . Poe whose cloudy personal life is a virtual legend considered himself primarily a poet For Annie 1849 One of Poes poems Opening lines Thank Heaven the crisis The danger is past brPage 3br For Annie Thank Heaven the crisis The danger is past And t 1809 - 1849. Background. January 19, 1809: Born . to traveling actors . - Boston . Parents died before he was 3 yrs. old. Sent to live with . John Allan and his wife Frances . (tobacco businessman). , . 1809-1849. E.A. Poe. . Poe is a romantic figure, the archetype of the extravagant genius, an embodiment of the satanic characters he developed in his fiction.. Life. Son of travelling actor. Raised in Richmond, Virginia by the Allan family. “The Tell - Edgar All a n Poe . Both stories share elements of murder and insanity ; both have eerie and frightening night - time scenes. At first glance, though, the protagonists of both s American Gothic Literature. Gothic literature began from the Gothic architecture of the Middle Ages.. Gothic architecture features:. Tall towers. Flying buttresses . Pointed archways. Vaulted ceilings. Gothic poetry. Lesson Objectives. To introduce Gothic poetry and the conventions and themes represented within this genre;. To demonstrate the poetic techniques used to convey the themes and concepts common to the gothic genre of poetry;. We will walk with our own feet. we will work with our own hands. we will speak our own minds. -Ralph Waldo Emerson. Political and Social Milestones. The Louisiana Purchase - 1803. The Gold Rush - 1849. PROOF ONE:. One of the main characters are named . Fortunado. . In the end, this character dies.. PROOF TWO:. Montressor. jokes that he is a mason when . Fortunado. asks for a sign, and . Monstressor. by: Altay, Shawn, Peter, and Justin. Pg. 211 “We had passed through walls of piled bones, with casks and puncheons intermingling, into the inmost recesses of the catacombs”. Pg. 212 “We passed through a range of low arches, descended, passed on, and descending again, arrived at a deep crypt, in which the foulness of the air caused our flambeaux rather to glow than flame.”. EDGAR ALLAN POE. 1809-1849: . Only lived 40 years. Born in Boston Massachusetts. Mother died at a young age; Father abandoned the family. Taken in by a family in Virginia but never adopted. Wealthy uncle left him a fortune. Of Edgar Allan Poe was unknown until…. now.. By. : . GATE 7. Biography of . Edgar Allan Poe. Enter the enigmatic world of Edgar Allan Poe if you dare…. Edgar Allan. Poe. Family Tree. Timeline. ABC Biography. Do you know the author of this story?. Pre-Reading Discussion:. What do you already know about the story’s author?. What does the title reveal about the story?. What hypotheses about the story can you make based on this context?. Activator: What’s Love Got to do with It? . Much of Edgar Allan Poe’s literature focuses on his inability to get over the loss of his romantic love after the death of his wife, and motherly love after the death of his mother. For this reason, the speakers within his poetry will convey a tone and mood that is distinct to these emotions. Before we can study these things in Poe’s work, we must analyze how we view love and heartbreak in our own culture. . The Poe family was abandoned by. David Poe (Edgar’s father) when Edgar was very young.. Both David and Elizabeth Poe, Edgar’s parents were actors.. Soon after, when Edgar was only three, his mother died of tuberculosis (TB), called “Consumption” in those days.