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    The domestic cat was first classified as Felis catus by Carolus Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae in 1758.[1][3] However‚ because of modern phylogenetics‚ domestic cats are now usually regarded as another subspecies of the wildcat‚ F. silvestris.[1][4][33] This has resulted in mixed usage of the terms‚ as the domestic cat can be called by its subspecies name‚ Felis silvestris catus.[1][4][33] Wildcats have also been referred to as various subspecies of F. catus‚[33] but in 2003

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    Cats. The first thing that comes to a person’s mind would be the cute little cuddly furballs that we can cosy up to. Not forgetting How they look at us with their majestic eyes that gleams like emeralds while purring softly and the cuteness overload when their lick their fur to clean themselves. Cats are naturally stereotyped to be domestic pets that one can keep at home and play with. However‚ Not all cats are like that. There is a species of cats known as the jungle cats which are a drastic opposite

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    cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats are meaningful because they meow symbol simile metaphor WOW this is a poem about cats how awesome is this meow meow meow apparently i must keep typing if i’m to enter the site why is this essay too short? what if I had a really good point and I’m just geniusly able to get it across in such a small piece of writing?! Look at Shakespeare’s sonnets... they’re short‚ but that doesn’t mean they’re bad! on the contrary‚ they’re quite wonderful

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    In literature‚ Edgar Allen Poe is widely known for his short stories that all have common dark‚ non-moralistic theme. Considering‚ Poe’s “The Black Cat” and “The Tell-Tale Heart‚” have no exceptions. Theses works show exemplementry stories of narrators who have gone mad‚ murdered out of wickedness‚ and seek redemption from those who’ll listen. Poe’s unique writing styles and plot grabs hold of the reader’s attention and takes them down a dark‚ spiraling path of the narrators’ minds. From different

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    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

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    The Ties between the Two In the stories “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Black Cat” written by Edgar Allan Poe both share a sense of suspicion and murder. In both stories‚ each narrator has flashbacks of the crimes they commit after the wicked deed is done. Also‚ each narrator confesses to their crime once they start to feel the guilt come upon them. Both stories are also alike because of the unnamed narrators. The major way they are alike is that they both deflect responsibilities alike in several

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    the story to connect with our attentiveness. For instance‚ most of Edgar Allan Poe’s stories represents a sort of revelation‚ however it is loaded with deceitful self-defense and extraordinary arguing with the readers. In one of his texts‚ “The Black Cat”‚ Poe

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    the every day reader takes a look into a book its the ardent features that grab them and entice them into reading the rest. In "Black Cat" Edgar Allen Poe explores indredulous emotion. Poe often uses the work of strong words to entisify parts of the story. As Edgar Allen Poe proceeds through the murder he gives out to his wife‚ she proves herself in the front of the cat‚ saving its life. Poe’s words irrevokebly changes the way his writing makes the reader feel. "Goaded by the interference into a

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    Every good story has interesting main characters that the reader can follow. This includes the stories of “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe. Both stories have their main characters change towards the end of their respective stories. In addition‚ both stories can be centered around the theme of losing innocence as both characters partake in actions that they thought they would never do or see. In fact‚ both characters are similar in the fact that they

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    In the short story‚ “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ the narrator was sane during his wife’s murder. The narrator had several pets for many years and was happy to be with his wife‚ until he started to abuse alcohol. His alcohol abuse led to the abuse of his pets and wife‚ eventually leading to his wife’s “murder‚”which is what the narrator called it when he committed the crime. Alcoholism does not make a man insane‚ the narrator knew what he was doing and he knew that it was wrong‚ unlike a person

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