The Tell-Tale Heart

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Across
  1. 3. Not loud because of being obstructed in some way.
  2. 5. An illness or sickness.
  3. 6. A feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing.
  4. 8. The old man’s body part that obsesses the narrator.
  5. 10. Intense fear or disgust at what has already happened.
  6. 11. A dark shape made when light is blocked; symbol of lurking evil.
  7. 14. A bird that feeds on dead animals; symbol of death in the story.
  8. 16. The sound that grows louder and louder in the narrator’s mind.
  9. 17. The act of concealing one’s true thoughts or feelings.
  10. 19. Very easily agitated or alarmed; tense and anxious.
  11. 20. An idea that continually preoccupies a person’s mind.
Down
  1. 1. — Wicked or evil characters.
  2. 2. Not of sound mind; mentally ill.
  3. 4. Extreme foolishness or a state of severe mental illness.
  4. 7. Intense fear of what might happen.
  5. 9. The action of hiding something.
  6. 12. Great care to avoid danger or mistakes.
  7. 13. Style of fiction involving darkness, fear, death, and madness
  8. 15. Something ordinary that feels strange and creepy.
  9. 18. The ability to predict what will happen in the future.