Similarities Between The Black Cat And The Fall Of The House Of Usher

The two stories ‘The black cat’ and ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ portrays cases of anger, guilt and revenge. In the black cat, the man ends up feeling guilty of murdering the black cat, and in revenge he ends up killing his wife. This revenge also is what leads to him being sentenced to death by hanging. In his other story, Madeline is buried alive, and in revenge, she comes back to life and kills her sister and the house is made to crack. This paper will exploit how the theme of fear, guilt and revenge is particularly evident in both stories by Edgar Poe. The black cat was composed by Edgar Allan Poe who is a horror master. This story is really a downer. It is s story on brutal murder and domestic violence which is stripped until bare bones are left. The story is a confession of death-row of anonymous person who ends up destroying himself, his pets and his wife. Just the same way it is with the real life murderers, it is impossible to pinpoint exactly the reason for him going out of control. Since Poe is a fascinating individual, and he has got great reputation as creepy person, there are some readers who are tempted to think that he and his narrators are the same. However, Poe was not a murderer. There was an apparent loving relationship with his wife and he is said
Usher has been sick of a mental disease and he wrote to his friend requesting for assistance. As the narrator admires the edifice of the Usher, he explains that his friend Roderick together with her sister is last in Usher bloodline. Roderick is really sick. His sickness is attributed to the catalepsy of his sister and he believes that soon he would die and his house would be sentient and have greater power over him. The narrator attempts to assist him change his thoughts from death by channeling him to think of music and literature that he loves a lot. This seems not to bear fruit (Poe,