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