Examples Of Alcoholism In The Black Cat
Alcoholism Can Lead to Violence
In Edgar Allen Poe’s, “The Black Cat”, the theme that alcohol can lead to violence is illustrated when the narrator mutilates his cat, hangs his cat, and murders his wife. First, one evening the narrator returns home in a drunken stupor, seizes his favorite pet, a black cat named Pluto, and gouges one of the cat’s eyes out. The narrator “knows himself no longer” (5); alcohol has changed his mind and the thoughts it contains. The narrator is not the mild, caring man he once was before he ventured into alcoholism; he is now an abusive, violent and short-tempered man. Eventually, Pluto recovers but is extremely wary of the narrator; the narrator, perturbed by his beloved cat’s aversion to him, takes the cat outside
In Edgar Allen Poe’s, “The Black Cat”, the theme that alcohol can lead to violence is illustrated when the narrator mutilates his cat, hangs his cat, and murders his wife. First, one evening the narrator returns home in a drunken stupor, seizes his favorite pet, a black cat named Pluto, and gouges one of the cat’s eyes out. The narrator “knows himself no longer” (5); alcohol has changed his mind and the thoughts it contains. The narrator is not the mild, caring man he once was before he ventured into alcoholism; he is now an abusive, violent and short-tempered man. Eventually, Pluto recovers but is extremely wary of the narrator; the narrator, perturbed by his beloved cat’s aversion to him, takes the cat outside