But even yet I refrained and kept still. I scarcely breathed. I held the lantern motionless. I tried how steadily I could maintain the ray upon the eye. Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker and quicker, and louder and louder, every instant. The old man's terror must have been extreme! It grew louder, I say, louder every moment! -- do you mark me well? I have told you that I am nervous: so I am. And now at the dead hour of the night, amid the dreadful silence of that old house, so strange a noise as this excited me to uncontrollable terror. Yet, for some minutes longer I refrained and stood still. But the beating grew louder, louder! I thought the heart must burst. And now a new anxiety seized me -- the sound would be heard by a neighbour! The old man's hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once -- once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. I then smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done. But for many minutes the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall. At length it ceased. The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation. He was stone dead. His eye would trouble me no more.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
But even yet I refrained and kept still. I scarcely breathed. I held the lantern motionless. I tried how steadily I could maintain the ray upon the eye. Meantime the hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker and quicker, and louder and louder, every instant. The old man's terror must have been extreme! It grew louder, I say, louder every moment! -- do you mark me well? I have told you that I am nervous: so I am. And now at the dead hour of the night, amid the dreadful silence of that old house, so strange a noise as this excited me to uncontrollable terror. Yet, for some minutes longer I refrained and stood still. But the beating grew louder, louder! I thought the heart must burst. And now a new anxiety seized me -- the sound would be heard by a neighbour! The old man's hour had come! With a loud yell, I threw open the lantern and leaped into the room. He shrieked once -- once only. In an instant I dragged him to the floor, and pulled the heavy bed over him. I then smiled gaily, to find the deed so far done. But for many minutes the heart beat on with a muffled sound. This, however, did not vex me; it would not be heard through the wall. At length it ceased. The old man was dead. I removed the bed and examined the corpse. Yes, he was stone, stone dead. I placed my hand upon the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation. He was stone dead. His eye would trouble me no more.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
“Tell-Tale Heart”
For homework this weekend we had to watch these three videos and compare them. On the following text I will compare the three videos and I will tell you which one I liked the best and why. And which one made me understand the actual story better.
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The first video was the one that made me understand the story best. The person who was reading the story was talking very clearly, and that helped me to understand what he was saying. The video images were describable enough to contribute to my understanding. The person that was telling the story was making the story scary and very interesting. He was emphasizing the right words and that made the video successful.
The second video wasn’t so good to my opinion. It was very scary and the story wasn’t clear. It was messed up, it was going back and forth and if I didn’t know the story it would be hard to follow.
The third video though, was very funny! But if I haven’t seen the first video or heard the story I wouldn’t understand ANYTHING! It was funny but the little puppet could use more crops to make it more interesting.
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The first video was the one that made me understand the story best. The person who was reading the story was talking very clearly, and that helped me to understand what he was saying. The video images were describable enough to contribute to my understanding. The person that was telling the story was making the story scary and very interesting. He was emphasizing the right words and that made the video successful.
The second video wasn’t so good to my opinion. It was very scary and the story wasn’t clear. It was messed up, it was going back and forth and if I didn’t know the story it would be hard to follow.
The third video though, was very funny! But if I haven’t seen the first video or heard the story I wouldn’t understand ANYTHING! It was funny but the little puppet could use more crops to make it more interesting.
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