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    The thesis implies that Poe wrote The Black Cat in response to the slavery since he did live when slavery was happening. The thesis also implies that the Poe’s main character’s peculiarity should not be the reason as to why he abuses the cat‚ but the deeper message Poe writes about is the slave and master relationship (376). Ginsberg uses The Black Cat quotes to support her ideas‚ but she also uses scholarly articles about American literature and Edgar Allan Poe’s history (391). The articles range

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    Short Story Analysis: The Black Cat The Black Cat by Edgar Alan Poe is a short story told in a first person narrative‚ from the point of view of an incarcerated murderer. There are several ways to interpret this story; the reader can also gain insight on the narrator’s state of mind. What I am going to talk about today is how the narrator uses a lot of symbolism and descriptive elements in his story‚ and in turn‚ how the reader will interpret the narrator as a person. A few characteristics that

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    In the short story "The Black Cat" by Edgar Poe Allan‚ Poe interestingly catches my attention by developing the plot and character quickly yet cunningly twisted. A short summary in my point of view about the story would be a man whose habit and his way of thinking destroys himself‚ his wife and his pets and finally ends up on a death row. After reading further‚ there were many questions that were raised in my mind. The most prevalent of all the question was how much can be rationally explained? And

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    The black cat essay Sept‚ 23‚ 2013 The nature of perverseness Is shown throughout Edgar Allen Poe’s “the Black cat” as the man has practically been completely deprived of his emotions and mental stability due to his alcoholism rendering him just a vessel of his former self. This is shown through symbolism of burning house post death of Pluto‚ first cat. This again after meeting the new cat and the insanity he feels from seeing the gallows represented on

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    Poe wrote that the single effect was the most important aspect of a short story that everything must contribute to this effect. Poe’s short story “The Black Cat” was written trying to achieve an effect of insanity. In this first person narrative the narrator tells of his decline from sanity to madness‚ all because of an obsession with two black cats. These creatures finally drive him to kill his wife‚ whose death he unsuccessfully tries to hide. This short story easily achieved the effect that Poe

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    The Black Cat How is it that a man‚ loving his cat and wife so much ends up killing them due to alcoholism? Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “ The Black Cat ” talks about how the narrator with no name mentioned‚ over the years becomes moody and irritable due to alcohol. Poe reveals how the use of alcohol can change and control our way of thinking also what we attend to do at that moment. A decent man that loved animals had a variety of pets living in his household. As he says that he spent most

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    The Black Cat “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe is a tale that leaves a reader speechless‚ mesmerized and utterly confused. The short story holds a central irony concerning the narrator‚ the black cat and the wife. The whole story involves around the idea of death‚ visions of Karma‚ a major switch of personality of the narrator and the question of who is to blame for the black cat’s death. At the very start of the

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    The Black Cat The Black Cat‚ by Edgar Allen Poe‚ is a story about a man whose love for animals is overcome by an extreme hatred toward the creatures. What goes around comes around is a saying that would most effectively convey the message of this story because Poe implies that people will inevitably suffer the consequences of their actions. Through the careful construction of plot‚ the ongoing use of irony‚ and the rapid development of character‚ Poe captures the reader’s undivided attention

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    overall theme of good and evil. First‚ Hawthorne uses Dimmesdale as a symbol to contribute to the overall theme of good and evil. Hawthorne explains “May God forgive thee… Thou too hast sinned.” (Hawthorne 228.) Dimmesdale says this quote to the crowd after announcing his secret sin of being Pearl’s father. He furthermore announces that he committed the sin of Adultery with Hester. This is showing the good side of him. How he decides to repent for what he has done wrong. Although he did evil things

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    The Black Cat Question 1. What are the conflicts in “The Black Cat”? (What types of conflict‚ moral‚ intellectual‚ or emotional do you see in this story? There are many conflicts in “The Black Cat”. The narrator likes animals‚ and he loves his wife‚ but he killed them because he is an alcoholic. The killing of the black cat and his wife by the narrator are two example of physical conflict. When the man sobered on the second day‚ he feels guilty about the killing of Pluto‚ but he killed the second

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