POE ON THE WEB

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POE ON THE WEB

• YOU ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON AN EXPEDITION INTO THE
  LIFE AND WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE

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EDGAR ALLAN POE

• Go to http//www.poedecoder.com/essays/ttheart/
• Read setting, characters, point of view, style
  interpretation, and theme.
• Answer the following What in the story would
  lead you to agree with this web page that there
  was power in the evil eye?

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EDGAR ALLAN POE

• Go to http//www.EAPOE.org/works/tales/thearta
  ./htm
• What was the Pioneer?
• What were Poe's contributions to it?

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EDGAR ALLAN POE

• Go to
  http//www.cummingsstudyguides.net
• What figures of speech are found in the story?
• Read themes.
• Is this a more likely explanationof the evil eye
  than the one in Poe Decoder?

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EDGAR ALLAN POE

• Go to
  http//www.comnet.ca/nforrest/library
• Under Movies, Films, Documentaries watch The
  Tell-Tale Heart.
• In your opinion, was this as good as the written
  story or better?

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EDGAR ALLAN POE

• Go to
  http//www.poemuseum.org
• How many diferent theories are listed as causes
  of Poe's death?
• From this information, what can you reasonably
  conclude?

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EDGAR ALLAN POE

• Go to
  http//www.nps.gov/edal/index.htm
• Read the section on the defamation of Poe's
  Character.
• Is Griswold believable?
• To what would you compare
  Griswold to today?

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EDGAR ALLAN POE

• Go to
  http//www.literalsystems.org/abooks
• Listen to the reading of The Tell-Tale Heart.
• Critique the performance.

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Last stop on the tour!

• Go to
  
  
  http//www.knowingpoe.thinkport.org/writer/annotat
  ed.asp
• Click on Poe the person and go to the section
  on School days.
• Answer the questions on the left (FIRST PAGE
  ONLY!)