Question

Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart.”

Answer 1

1. a focus on fear and horror

2. an exploration of strong emotions

3. a reliance on mystery and suspense

Poe creates fear, horror, mystery, and suspense when the narrator says that he killed the old man, then describes the events leading up to the old man's death. He explores the strong emotions or the narrator's madness as well. There are no supernatural creatures or events in the passage or in the entire story so 4 and 5 are completely incorrect.