Poe's Short Stories

Story: "The Telltale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe.

Setting: Where and when is this story taking place? Provide at least five details about the setting. If you can’t find five, think of some things that you might ASSUME or GUESS about the setting if it doesn’t state it directly in the story.

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There are multiple settings in The Tell-Tale Heart. The action takes place in the house, which the narrator shares with the old man. The narrator, however, is telling his story from either a prison or insane asylum. Another important thing to remember is that much of the action the narrator talks about takes place nowhere but in his own imagination.

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The Tell-Tale Heart