Literary Techniques Used In The Black Cat By Edgar Allan Poe

The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe is a short story based off the myth “all black cats are witches in disguise.” Finding a good way to combine many different literary devices, and still making sense of the piece of writing isn't always easy. Although, Poe seems to make it work in The Black Cat using Characterization, Climax, and foreshadow. Although, that is only some of the many terms used in this paper. Characterization, the creation or construction of a fictional character, is mentioned subtly in The Black Cat quite a few times. By describing his favorite pet cat, Pluto, he explicates the cat as “large, black, and intelligent.” Yet, he doesn’t tell us how he feels about the cat at this point. Drinking and becoming moody, he gains a confused,