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Edgar Allan PoeA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Use these essay questions as writing and critical thinking exercises for all levels of writers, and to build their literary analysis skills by requiring textual references throughout the essay.
Scaffolded/Short-Answer Essay Questions
Student Prompt: Write a short (1-3 paragraph) response using one of the sets of questions given. Include details from the story as examples to support your points.
1. Did Prospero bring his death on himself? Why or why not? Explain with references from the text.
2. Choose one of the following symbols: mask or clock. Describe its role and significance in the text, with references.
3. Throughout the story Poe switches between first- and third-person narration. Identify two examples of each type of narration in the text and describe their significance to the passage and the story at large.
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