Similarities Between Poe And Grotesque

“I am almost ashamed to own --that the terror and horror with which the animal inspired me” Edgar Allen Poe uses many gothic techniques in his stories, but only a handful of those actually give the story character and feeling. Unreliable narrators add a sense of character to the narrator, Grotesque gives the story its unique setting, and guilt further develops the characters.

Unreliable narrators give the reader an outstanding view of the story as it is being told through an unstable person. In the story The Black Cat Poe exclaims this line “But my disease grew upon me --for what a disease is like Alcohol!” This line explains that the narrator is an alcoholic, rendering him unreliable. The narrator being alcoholic adds to his rage in this