The Tell-Tale Heart

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Across
  1. 1. - The act committed by the narrator.
  2. 3. - The part of the old man that disturbs the narrator.
  3. 5. - How the narrator moves into the old man’s room each night.
  4. 9. - What the narrator insists he is telling.
  5. 10. - A word that can describe the sound of the heartbeat.
  6. 12. - A feeling Poe creates throughout the story.
  7. 18. - How the narrator feels throughout the story.
  8. 19. - Where the narrator hides the old man's body.
  9. 21. - The narrator's feeling about the old man’s eye.
  10. 22. - A feeling the old man experiences upon waking.
  11. 23. - The condition readers might attribute to the narrator.
  12. 25. - The object the narrator uses to watch the old man.
  13. 27. - What the narrator hears louder and louder.
  14. 28. - The narrator's final act, overwhelmed by guilt.
Down
  1. 1. - What the narrator denies, though it seems evident.
  2. 2. - The type of eye the narrator believes the old man has.
  3. 4. - A timepiece representing the narrator’s slow movements.
  4. 6. - The people who come to investigate the crime.
  5. 7. - Describes the narrator’s intense attention to detail.
  6. 8. - The result of the narrator's actions toward the old man.
  7. 11. - A word describing the narrator's planning.
  8. 13. - What the narrator tries to avoid from others.
  9. 14. - A feeling the narrator suffers as guilt increases.
  10. 15. - The author of The Tell-Tale Heart.
  11. 16. - What the narrator tries to hide from the police.
  12. 17. - Describes the narrator's movements into the old man's room.
  13. 20. - What overwhelms the narrator.
  14. 24. - The noise the old man makes before his end.
  15. 26. - The time when the narrator goes to the old man's room.