in many of his works he uses a lot of different literary devices, some of them are the types of characters, plot, and also irony.

What role does his language play in the novel?

fiction and suspense were the most important genres that poe used in his story, some people known him by be a terrorific figure.

What effect does TIME & PLACE have on a novel? the reader?

the effects that both have are making an atmosphere of terror, suspense and many other dark scences.

Is it really difficult to understand?

No, is easy to understadn the story because it is short, it mentions thae characters adn the plot that is there, also the genre and atmosphere that the story has.

What characteristics of Poe's life & strange personality can you identify in the short story read?

he has a lot of characterisitcs that are similar that we can find in his story, like gothic atmosphere, something very known in his works.

the protagonist: An unamed man that is the narrator of this story, he kills an old man

old man: an elder person with a vulture-like eye

Setting

the place takes in the old man's house, it has a dark and claustrophobic atmosphere.

Plot

The narrator feels distressed and annoyed by the old man's vulture-like eye, so he decides to kill him, dismember him and hide him, but after that, the old man's heart begins to beat, increasingly stronger, making the narrator nervous, which he finally does. confess your crime

Suspense: in Poe's novels there is a lot of suspense, and is explores in all the story, specially when the heart starts to sound and become louder.

Terror: this is one of the most obvious, the old man's death, the description of what they make with his body, place, etc. making the reader have some fear of that.

Poe lived a hard life, from baby to his death date, many people known him like the father of the Gothic genre, his culture is reflected by dark and mystery things.

Communication

Poe uses different ways to communicate his themes in the works he made, the way how the heart starts to beat, and also the title make scence that this is a type of communicatio, but in a horror way.

Historical context:

The mayority of people considers the heart as a symbol of love, strong, but some others, specially in the ancient egypt consider this organ as something that has knowledge, and in the story they mike the heart as something that is talking to the author, even the title refers to this. but also it represent suffering, not always the heart represents a positive thing it can also represent things that may cause supense.