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    Paw” fits more into the gothic subgenre. Both very different subgenres. In the short story “The Fat Man”‚ the features of the horror genre and the weird tales subgenre are very much there. The strange aspects of the story include: the oath on a dead cat‚ the Fat Man singing from the pit of his stomach‚ and his collection of marionettes. His collection of marionettes (being actual human beings) turned out to qualify for both genres. The prominent feature of the horror genre would be how the Fat Man’s

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    The horror movie The Evil Dead which came out in 1981‚ and its remake Evil Dead‚ which came out in 2013 have some things in common‚ such as the plot‚ the amount of blood and gore‚ and language but are also unique in their own ways. For example there’s more blood and language in the remake then the original. The comparison between this movie and its remake shows that what is defined as scary and bloody one generation is considered tame and silly by the next. The plot of the original The Evil Dead

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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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    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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    story‚ “The Black Cat”. His life became a mystery to everyone. His mother died when he was three years old‚ and his father left the family early on. Growing up without a father has many effects on the human brain and can lead to anger issues and some people turn to alcohol and drugs. You can see in many of his poems and short stories‚ that like his characters‚ he was insane. In The Black Cat he shows many signs of insanity and violence. As his insanity was developing he thought his cat Pluto was

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    dashed the brains out‚ had I so sworn as you Have done to this‚” she is able to force Macbeth into betraying Duncan and Banquo to gain the crown (The Tragedy of Macbeth). While Lady Macbeth is the abuser in Macbeth‚ The Wife is the victim of abuse in Black Cat as “I [The Narrator] suffered myself to use intemperate language to my wife. At length‚ I even offered her personal violence.” (Poe).

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    Poe’s “The Black Cat” Short Response Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Black Cat” can be considered a horror story as well as a study in human psychology. The horrors of the violent acts committed by the narrator are explained as the story progresses as is the demise of his mental state. As he describes himself in the opening of the story as a lover of animals‚ it is shocking to later read of his first act of violence toward his cat‚ the gouging out of his eye. Although the narrator appears to show some

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    The stories “The Black Cat” and “Hop-Frog” by Edgar Allan Poe are similar based on the presence of twisted love and the lack of guilt. The element of twisted love was portrayed in both stories. In Hop-Frog‚ Trippetta stands up for Hop-frog while he was being harassed by the king. While doing so‚ the King threw wine in her face. Hop-frog then began to speak gibberish and told the King about a wonderful costume idea. As the king went along with Hop-frog’s idea‚ Hop-frog was actually plotting the

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    to manifest such dark‚ mysterious stories. But no one thought of him as an odd animal lover; one with a twisted heart of gold. In the short story "The Black Cat" the plot seems to be dripping with the illusion of what Freud would consider a dream‚ but there is more to the cat then what the dream convey to be. Beyond the chilling tale‚ "The Black Cat" is a tale about the narrator’s character‚ dreams‚ and psychosis‚ all processed through a Freudian framework. The narrator’s character has been layered

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