Is Poe Crazy Or Insane

According to psychologists, when a person is lying, or has intrinsic doubt in something they will put unusual effort and emphasis on the assertion that lacks truth. In “The Black Cat” the narrator states that he is not insane in the very first paragraph, by saying “‘Yet, mad am I not—and very surely do I not dream.”’ (Poe 3) To explain, because the narrator is trying to propagandize his sanity from the very beginning, it is reasonable to assert that the narrator is doubtful of his own sanity. An insane person is in no way reliable, meaning that Poe’s narrator is unreliable.
Humans have evolved over time to have the trait of empathy, as it provides an advantage. Commonly, the lacking of this trait is seen in people who have poor mental