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    story then the story would be dull and tasteless. In the story he turns from an animal lover to a murder. He committed a terrible crime due to his alcoholism. In the short story “The Black Cat‚” Edgar Allan Poe use symbolism and Point of View to convey the readers that what he did was not his fault it was “ The Cat.” The first literary element that the author uses to convey the theme is when the readers realized how “alcohol” symbolizes the narrator’s problems‚ abusing his wife and pets all started

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    The Black Cat Narrator. Is the narrator in The Black Cat well some people say that he is but others out there might see‚ and say that he is not a psychopath. Yes the only way that i could see them thinking that he isn’t a psychopath is that he/she got a little through and stop reading it but if they did read it all the only way that they could think he is not a psychopath is that they think that the things that he does is only a psychopathic intention and it is just like a flaw that regular

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    stories off of: we cannot hide from or repress our own fears and emotions. If we do deny ourselves‚ these feelings will eventually catch up with us. We must face these things. In the “The Black Cat‚” and “The Tell Tale Heart‚” Poe tells us of the repercussions of repressed guilt and remorse. In “The Black Cat‚” confinement is used to represent the main character’s state of mind. When his life changes from good to bad‚ the physical space between the characters also shrink. This is a physical representation

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    Edgar Allan Poe uses internal conflict in the short story‚ “The Black Cat” to show how the narrator slowly plunges into madness. In this story we observe a person fighting with himself because he does things he knows is morally wrong. The narrator first shows signs of insanity‚ when he mentions his changing mood: “I grew‚ day by day‚ more moody‚ more irritable‚ more regardless of the feelings of others” (1). This shows the reader that he is unstable and unreliable. He also begins talking

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    the advent of the film noir‚ it is a film style of cinematographic film that is shrouded by a mood of pessimism‚ fatalism‚ and menace. This term is also used to define American horror/crime films back in the 1940s. An example of film noir is “The Black Cat‚” this film is a 1943 American horror film that became the universal pictures biggest box office hit of the time. Expressionistic style is a style concerned with eliminating all of traditional aspects of conventional musical elements. Also‚ expressionistic

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    The Black Cat Because he is due to die the next day‚ the narrator has decided to present the facts of a past event that has terrified and destroyed him‚ although he claims that he is not mad and hopes that someone else will be able to explain his story logically. He begins by describing his kind and humane younger self: he keeps many pets because animals such as dogs are so loving and faithful‚ and at a young age he marries a woman who also loves pets. In their household they have a number of animals

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    In Poe’s “ The Black Cat” The narrator is married early ‚ One night the narrator comes home intoxicated and gets the feeling his cat is resenting him‚ “Filled with Anger” he cuts his “Beloved cat” Pluto eye out and hangs the dead animal. Soon his wife sees it action the next day and he kills her as well. Not long after the horrendous murders. The police finds the bodies hidden in the wall and the house is burned down."This dread was not exactly a dread of physical evil-and yet I should be at

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    Character of "The Black Cat" Edgar Allan Poe’s short story‚ "The Black Cat" involves a man and his love hate relationship for animals that ends in sin. He describes himself as loving animals of all kinds‚ "I was especially fond of animals‚ and was indulged by my parents with a great variety of pets"(307). The character of this story goes through some changes of his own. After giving much love and care to his animals he starts to abuse them‚ goes as far to kill them and then commits the ultimate

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    The narrators that are usually found in Poe’s short stories are unreliable due to various reasons. In The Black Cat and The Tell-Tale Heart both of their narrators share some unreliable qualities. However‚ I found the narrator of The Black Cat more unreliable than the one from The Tell-Tale Heart because I found more unreliable qualities in The Black Cat narrator. With both of these stories being told in the first person perspective it only shares the narrator’s side of the story‚ and not giving

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    types of literature. In literary works like “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving‚ and “Prey” y Richard Matheson‚ gothic elements are displayed in the form of: violence‚ death‚ blood‚ and supernatural to show how despicable and unreal scenarios can lead people into a dangerous path. Violence can be described as the use of physical force as to injure‚ abuse or damage someone or something. In “The Black Cat” ‚ vengeful acts are displayed as extremely violent

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