Although the narrator said his wife’s death was an accident, he aimed a blow at the cat, but this blow was arrested by the hand of his wife, so buried the axe in his wife’s brain. The narrator is responsible for the wife’s murder, due to his violent personality, and he has no guilt for his wife’s death. First, the narrator is responsible for the wife’s murder because he is violent. At the beginning of the story, the narrator says that ever since he was a baby, he was sensitive, kind, and mellow. He was so nice that the other kids made fun of him. He absolutely loved animals, and his parents got him lots of them. "Feeding and caressing" his pets were his favorite activities once he reached "manhood". He had a good relationship with his pets and his wife. After his alcoholism, his temperament and character has become more moody, more irritable. He even beat and scolded his wife. His favorite cat - Pluto began to experience the effects of his ill temper. Once he got …show more content…
When the narrator and his wife enter their cellar, the cats tripped him. He was very angry, and want to use the axe to kill the cat, however his wife stopped him. Because of her interruption, he hits her head with the axe, killing her instantly. When realized that he cannot remove the body from the house, he considers ways to conceal it, including cutting it up and burning it, digging a grave in the cellar, throwing the corpse into the well, and packing it up in a box and having it carried out of the house under the guise of merchandise. Meanwhile, he decides to wall it up with plaster in the cellar behind a false fireplace, nobody would know it. The narrator tries to find the cat in order to kill it, but he could not find the cat, and he sleeps well that night, free of