A person is defined by their character‚ is it right for another person to define your character for you? After reading “Hard Rock Returns to Prison”‚ “A Good Man is Hard to Find”‚ and “The Cask of Amontillado.” I was against the use of permanent‚ irreversible‚ intrusive behavior modification through surgery or chemical/medication in cases of the criminally insane. I was a believer of no one should be changed from the way they were created. Then I realized that different acts should have different
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In the story “The Black Cat”‚ Poe uses many gothic traits and examples to embark terror into the reader of the story. Poe is able to construct so many different aspects of gothic literature into one single terrifying story for the reader to enjoy. Poe uses traits such as the use of love and true imagination in his stories and twists them into one of a kind horror for the reader. In “The Black Cat’‚ Poe uses love as one of the problems in the story‚ and as one of the ways to plant fear and terror
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In the short story "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe‚ the narrator‚ never being identified‚ states that he is sane. He goes on to say that he is kind and respects the fidelity of friendship. He claims he loves pets and likes to hang out with them. The pets in his house include "birds‚ goldfish‚ a fine dog‚ rabbits‚ a small monkey‚ and a cat". Pluto ‚the cat‚ of all pets was the narrator’s favorite. The narrator has a lot of conscious and unconscious feelings that motivate him to behave as he does
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Poe and the narrator in The Black Cat both have a drinking problem‚ which is noticeable when the narrator describes the room‚ “reposing upon the head of one of the immense hogshead of gin‚ or of rum‚ which constituted the chief furniture of the apartment” (Pg. 226). Poe and the narrator both also had a loving wife who died‚ although one died of tuberculosis and one of murder. Moreover‚ both had a mental illness. Poe faced depression that influenced his life and the narrator is clearly unstable and
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time and time again‚ shown mastery over gothic techniques. Be it family curses‚ such as The House of Usher‚ or Unreliable Narrators‚ with the Black Cat‚ to the grotesque and gloom of a human’s mind and soul‚ seen in the Pit and the Pendulum. Poe is‚ and always will be‚ the best in the business and the master of gothic storytelling and poetry. The Black Cat. “Mad I would be indeed to expect it‚ in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence.” An amazing example of a unreliable narrator
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Tell Tale Heart and The Black Cat. The two short stories that I have chosen by Edgar Allan Poe are The Tell Tale Heart and The Black Cat. These two stories in particular have many things in common as far as technique goes‚ but they do have some significant differences between the two. In this paper I will try to compare and contrast these two short stories and hopefully bring something to the readers attention that wasn’t there at first. One of the main differences in
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In the short story “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ the author made choices when it came to structuring the text like diction & setting the right mood. This helped to contribute to the story’s overall structure and aesthetic impact. The main character goes through a series of changes unexplainable to both him and the reader brought upon by him bringing along a new cat named Pluto. The author used descriptive language‚ contrast and contradiction & set a mysterious tone to build upon the story’s
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Abstract This paper examines "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe and provides a synopsis of the short story. It describes Poe’s use of the first person voice to create intimacy. The paper illustrates the dark quality of the story‚ and the main character’s desire for brutal revenge. From the Paper "In "The Cask of Amontillado‚" Edgar Allan Poe uses vivid dialogue to give his characters life. He begins his tale by speaking directly to the reader. He pulls the reader in by saying that
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However‚ “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe shows the idea of the supernatural in the short story. Some may argue that there is a supernatural presence in this story. However‚ it is quite clear that the narrator is insane‚ a drunkard‚ and plain crazy as demonstrated by a sudden blaze‚ hallucinations towards a similar looking cat‚ the making narrator kill his wife‚ and much more. When the narrator becomes insane due to the cat “possessing” him‚ he kills his wife brutally. The cat is shown to
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A Fortunate Revenge In “The Cask of Amontillado‚” Edgar Allan Poe creates a macabre mood by juxtaposing the light-hearted festival to the somber catacombs combined with irony. In doing so‚ he suggests that when people succumb to hatred and thoughts of revenge‚ their anger often drives them to madness. Poe describes the dismal setting of the catacombs as dark and cold compared to the warmth of the carnival season. By establishing complete opposite environments‚ Poe creates an uneasy atmosphere
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