Black Cat Guilt

The short story, “The Black Cat”, written by Edgar Allan Poe sure is full of suspense. The story is told by a first person narrator. Although the narrator’s sanity is compromised from the guilt experienced, he gives the reader several images to visualize his and other characters, scenes, and actions. The narrator describes his childhood, his marriage, and the unbelievable events that occurred shortly after becoming an alcoholic. Alcohol encouraged him to become violent and impulsive. The imagine of the main character is given to demonstrate that one can commit crimes under the influence that one probably wouldn’t have committed sober; those crimes lead to more crimes, and forced a person to live a life full of guilt.
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On one of his violent and crazy moments he hung his cat by the neck, unfortunately killing the animal. One night, while they slept, for unmentioned reasons, their home burned and was completely demolished. When he and a crowd of people went in the house to see what had survived the fire, the wall in which the backboard of his bed rested on was complete. Under the wall they found a giant cat. He argued a neighbor unhooked the hanging cat from the backyard and threw it in their home to warn them about the fire (Poe). This shows the narrator felt guilty for killing the cat but didn’t want to face his guilt so instead he tried lying to himself about other possible ways that cat could have made its way into that particular
When he reached the point where he could no longer handle the guilt, he bought a similar cat to the first one. While he and his wife visited the cellar of their new home, the cat nearly tripped him walking down the stairs, infuriated he tried to reach the animal with an axe but was interrupted by his wife’s hand, more than furiousness he described his anger as demonical and buried the axe into his wife’s head. After killing her he buried her into the walls, and while her absurd disappearance was being investigated his guilt was eating him alive, he completely lost his mind and confessed all by himself (Poe). This piece from the text helps the reader visualize the narrator’s weak character. It shows he had no self-control, it shows he needed psychological help, and it shows that sooner or a later the guilt consumes an individual. “The Black Cat” is a story full of suspense, intense scenes, and unbelievable crimes. The story gives the reader various images full of details to help the reader visualize the different characters in the story. With this great developed plot the person reading the story is able to feel as part of an audience, and most importantly he/she is able to understand why the main character acted the way he did and the way his guilt played a big part in the