Pluto Analysis

The narrator's first cat's name Pluto is that of the Roman God of the underworld. Pluto contributes to a strong sense of Hell and may even symbolize the Devil himself. Onyx cats have long been connected to bad luck and misfortune. The narrator's wife even joking mentions that black cats are said to be witches in guise. From this one can assume that a horrible thing will be bestowed upon the narrator, though one might believe it will be directly from Pluto, it happens indirectly. This can be tied with mankind being sinful and tainted by the Devil, for the narrator takes the Pluto as a dear companion and ends up falling from grace and being succumb with alcohol, violence and a lack of conscience. The second cat seemed to be much a kin in appearance
The narrator claims that the white area, seems to grow larger and take shape over time, and eventually resembles a silhouette of the gallows. Now one could say that the narrator is simply becoming mentally unstable due to the guilt of hanging Pluto, but if Pluto was actually a representation of the Devil, as I mentioned earlier, then he could have simply taken the shape of this second cat to torment and haunt the narrator. The second cat does seem to ‘appear out of thin air‘ , since the land-lord has no idea who owns the second cat or actually seen it. So, if the second cat is merely Pluto re-incarnated, then the white fur could actually be a representation of the gallows and the second cat is actually trying to drive the narrator insane or kill him, as it ‘attempts' to trip the narrator down the staircase. Of course, the second cat does not have to be Pluto directly, it could be possessed by Pluto's spirit or by the Devil, or something of that nature, but I like to think of the second cat as being Pluto come back to take revenge on his former master. As I mentioned earlier though, this entire thing could be just in the narrator's mind, that is the second cat trying to kill him, or pester him and so forth. The narrator could be sick from guilt over killing Pluto and has become mentally unstable and that the second cat has no direct hand in this coming about. I like to think