The texts 6 The authors 6 • Edgar Allan Poe 6 • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 6 The content 7 • The Tell-Tale Heart 7 • A Scandal in Bohemia 8 • A Scandal in Belgravia (episode of the BBC seriesSherlock) 8 The characters 9 • The Tell-Tale Heart 9 • A Scandal in Bohemia 10 • A Scandal in Belgravia 12

Das Unterrichtsmodell 13 Vorüberlegungen zum Einsatz der Geschichten und des Films im Unterricht 13 Konzeption des Unterrichtsmodells 15 Weiterführende Materialien 16

Klausuren 17

1.1 Getting started 30 1.2 The narrator’s ambivalence 31 1.3 The narrator's revealing descriptions and delusions 35

2.1 Parallels between the stories “The Black Cat” and “The Tell-Tale Heart" 41 2.2 Open questions, causes and effects 41 2.3 The symbolic significance of theeye 46 2.4 The narrator goes on trial for murder 51 2.5 Final investigations into Poe’s stories 52

Copy 1: “The Black Cat” in pictures 55 Copy 2: “The Meaning of Style” - statements 56 3.1 Basic information about Sherlock Holmes 57 3.2 The woman 61 3.3 The story’s gist 66

Copy 3: Quotes from “A Scandal in Bohemia” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 68 Copy 4: “Women are ...” 69 Copy 5: “A Scandal in Bohemia” in pictures 70

4.1 The characters 71 4.2 The scenes (scene overview) 72 4.3 Major differences between the story and the movie 78 4.4 Techniques and props that bring the protagonists’ personalities into focus 82

Copy 6: While-watching activities 84 Copy 7: Reviews - words and phrases 87

Copy 8: Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart (the complete short story with annotations) 90

Copy 9: Edgar Allan Poe, The Black Cat (the complete short story with annotations) 93

Copy 10: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Scandal in Bohemia (annotations for the short story) 99