3 Imagine you are a Metzengerstein and that you are
secretly in love with a Berliftitzing. Write a letter to
your loved one.
4 Discuss these questions with other students. Did you
enjoy ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’? Did you find
the story believable? Did the ending surprise you?
1 Discuss these questions with other students. Which
stories did you like the best and which ones the least?
Which characters in the stories did you find the most
interesting and which ones the least interesting?
2 Think about the key elements in Poe’s
style and then
write your own tale of mystery and imagination.
3 Look at the title and
picture on the cover of the
Reader. Why was the picture chosen, do you think?
What kind of picture would you choose now that you
have read the book?
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S t u d e n t ’ s a c t i v i t i e s
P u b l i s h e d a n d d i s t r i b u t e d b y P e a r s o n E d u c a t i o n
F a c t s h e e t w r i t t e n b y I v o r W i l l i a m s
F a c t s h e e t s e r i e s d e v e l o p e d b y L o u i s e J a m e s
TALES
OF
MYSTERY
AND
IMAGINATION
Activities
after reading the book
