Superstitions In Edgar Allan Poe's Black Cat

Edgar Allan Poe , his stories characterized by mystery and macabre. That what encouraged me to choose one of his stories.
" Black Cat " , talks about one of the world's superstitions , cats especially black cat . There are many superstitions about being with or having a black cat , it's like a symbols of bad luck , death , sorcery and the spirits of the dead . I was confused about theses superstitions , so I decided to read this story . At the first part of the story , the narrator said " I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence " this sentence make readers to suggest and imagine what was happened to him , and let them want to read more and more and never