The narrator of Edgar Allan Poe’s 1843 story “The Black Cat” insists that his tale of horror is “a series of mere household events” (348); this insistence forms the basis of much of the criticism of this story. Critics have risen to the narrator’s challenge to reduce these events to “the commonplace” and the “ordinary” (254) in their efforts to propose a motive for the narrator’s violence.1 Exploring the story through the lens of gender construction offers an additional perspective on this
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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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I think that taking these precautions would be considered a natural reaction in my opinion‚ because Prince Prospero doesn’t want to become a victim of The Red Death that is currently taking over his land and killing everyone off that it comes into contact with. Most any and everyone would try their best and attempt to do whatever is necessary to keep themselves and loved ones locked away from becoming infected with a plague‚ proceeding that they have the ability and obligatory materials required
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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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How it All Began... As I walk through the half abolished bleak‚ gray building my footsteps echo all around me removing the hope that I might ever encounter another survivor. My body begins to tremble as I look at my hand starting to twitch‚ tapping lightly against my leg‚ the seizures have been getting more frequent as they are‚ unfortunately‚ one of the side effects of the first stages of the plague. I see a flash of movement out of the corner of my eye and turn to the side suddenly. "Hello?” I
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seemingly erratic behavior of the characters in all of the stories. Roderick Usher’s emotions are overwrought; Ligeia and the narrator of that story both exist in the world of emotions; the behaviors of the narrators of "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" are not rational; in "The Cask of Amontillado‚" the hatred of Montresor exceeds all rational explanations. Throughout Poe’s fiction‚ much of the behavior of his characters must be viewed and can be explained best in terms of the Romantic period
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cuddle‚ like cats and dogs‚ and others just cool to have‚ like tarantulas‚ fish and snakes. Almost every household has either a cat or a dog‚ but most people do not realize the similarities and the differences between the two. Our pets are like humans‚ they all need to eat‚ drink‚ sleep and bathe. With every member of a family‚ there are expenses and responsibilities. This includes our pets. Cats need to eat every day and they have a clean‚ fresh litter box to use when needed. Cats usually do not
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The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history. It began in south-western Asia and spread to Europe by the late 1340s‚ where it received its name Black Death. The Black Death‚ spread to many countries throughout the world and still lingers today. The bacteria Yersinia pestis carries disease in three forms: the bubonic‚ septicaemic and the pneumonic plagues. In the middle ages no one was safe from the plague‚ everyone was a target‚ including the rich and wealthy. The impact
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An important topic is being discussed and it concerns the Black Death in England. “The Black Death is the name given to a deadly plague (often called bubonic plague‚ but is more likely to be pneumonic plague) which was rampant during the Fourteenth Century. It was believed to have arrived from Asia in late 1348 and caused more than one epidemic in that century – though its impact on English society from 1348 to 1350 was terrible. No amount of medical knowledge could help England when the plague struck
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