1) Do you think the narrator would have gone through with his plan if the old man’s eye had never opened? Why or why not? 2) What do you think the narrator's relationship with the old man was like before he became obsessed with the eye? 3) How do you think the story would change if it were told from the old man’s perspective? 4) What do you think the old man might have been thinking when he heard the noises at night? 5) Do you imagine the narrator had a family or someone else close to him that could have stopped his plan? 6) Why do you think it took the narrator eight nights to finally commit his crime?

The Tell Tale Heart discussion for the first half of the story

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