Tell Tale Heart

  • First , Real events

    The narrator is creeped out by the old man's eye
  • Period: to

    Actual Events

  • Second, Real Events

    The narrator begins checking on the old man
  • First, Adapted events

    The pig relaxes with his family
  • Period: to

    Adapted events

  • Third, Real events

    The narrator kills the old man and hides him under the floorboards
  • Second, Adapted Events

    The butcher takes the pig's family, leaving him as the only survivor.
  • Fourth

    The police arrive and investigate
  • Third, Adapted events

    The pig goes under the floorboards to sleep
  • Fifth, Real events

    The narrator is driven crazy and reveals his crime
  • Fourth, Adapted Events

    The pig revives himself and searches for the butcher
  • Fifth, Adapted events

    The pig and butcher fight one another, leaving the pig victorious
  • Last, Adapted events

    The pig returns to the floorboards, to sleep for eternity. Or so we think...