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What are these things? Which story do they belong to? (gallow - bas-relief)
Gallow means horca. Bas-relief - (bajo relieve) They both belong to the story the Black Cat
What phycological traits does the narrator of the black cat suffers from?
He might be possed by the spirit of perverseness
What physicological trait does the painter from the oval portrait suffers from?
He is obsessed with his paintings
Which story does this sentence belong to? He loved art more that he loved life.
The oval portrait
Which story does this sentence belong to? He did not notice that the person who loved him most was dying for him
The oval portrait
Which story does the following sentence belong to?He blamed alcohol for his terrible actions
The black cat
Which story does the following sentence belong to? His wife dies
Both
Which story is written using the first person narrrator?
The black cat. The narrator tells us his own story.
What voice (narrator) does Poe use in the Oval Portrait?
The third person narrator
Where's Poe from?
He is from the USA
What's the name of Poe's most famous poem?
The Raven
Which century did Poe live in?
In the 19th century
What type of literature did Poe write? (Say at least two)
Short horror/mystery stories. He is considered the inventor of the modern detective story
How did the second cat tormented the narrator?
He followed him everywhere and his white fur started resembling a gallow.
Where did the narrator of the black cat hide his wife's corpse?
Behind a wall
How did the narrator kill his wife? Why?
The narrator wanted to kill the second cat. His wife tried to stop him. He got angry stuck an axe in his head
