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Where should each of the following statements be placed in the Venn diagram?How does each statement relate to the tension in the stories?

The narrator is haunted by his deviant action

The narrator is haunted by his deviant action

The narrator is self-congratulatory

The narrator is self-congratulatory

The narrator is facing execution for his crimes

The narrator is facing execution for his crimes

The text continually builds in tension until its climax

The text continually builds in tension until its climax

The events of the story that are narrated, cover several years

The events of the story that are narrated, cover several years

The story explores the consequences of allowing the ‘imp of the perverse’ to gain control

The story explores the consequences of allowing the ‘imp of the perverse’ to gain control

The narrator blames alcohol for his actions

The narrator blames alcohol for his actions

The narrator is unreliable and questionably sane

The narrator is unreliable and questionably sane

The eye is a significant symbol in the story

The eye is a significant symbol in the story

It is unclear whether the narrator’s own sense of guilt has led to his downfall or if a supernatural event has taken place

It is unclear whether the narrator’s own sense of guilt has led to his downfall or if a supernatural event has taken place

The cruelty of the narrator is emphasized

The cruelty of the narrator is emphasized

Anaphora is used to build tension in the text

Anaphora is used to build tension in the text

Poe has used light and darkness to control the focus of the story

Poe has used light and darkness to control the focus of the story

The story has moments of dark humour

The story has moments of dark humour

The narrator claims to suffer from an illness that makes the senses more acute

The narrator claims to suffer from an illness that makes the senses more acute

There is something morally satisfying about the story’s ending

There is something morally satisfying about the story’s ending

The text has more than one phase in the build up of tension

The text has more than one phase in the build up of tension

The narrator’s motives for committing his crimes are unclear

The narrator’s motives for committing his crimes are unclear

Poe uses silence and stillness to build tension

Poe uses silence and stillness to build tension

Examine the ways in which Edgar Allan Poe establishes and sustains tension in two short stories you have read

Compare and contrast the ways in which Edgar Allan Poe establishes and sustains tension in two short stories you have read

An essay is basically a stack of burgers – A stack of ideas, supported by evidence from the text and analysis that directly answers the question set