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    Edgar Allan Poe – The Black Cat Most of Edgar Allan Poe’s stories and poems all contain similar topics. The work of Poe that we will be focusing on in this essay is ‘The Black Cat’. This story portrays the distinctive Poe elements of death/murder‚ alcoholism‚ entombment‚ death of a loved one and hints of madness in the first person narration. In the following paragraphs these factors will be described using quotes and phrases from the tale. The prevalence of alcoholism is evident in the

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    Within these three stories The Black Cat‚ The feather pillow‚ and Sharp objects‚ they all have similar literary elements: it’s dark and cryptic. They all have deep meanings and gothic elements. They are very different than the usual happy endings bullcrap‚ and they are more of the tragedy and very morbid type. There are scenes of violent and morbid/grotesque actions in the novel Sharp Objects. Actions that people of the right mind wouldn’t do. “The three blondes held Ann down‚ While Amma strangled

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    In “The Black Cat”‚ Allan Poe talks about a man’s experience about killing his cats and wife. According to the narrator‚ we Although the narrator said his wife’s death was an accident‚ he aimed a blow at the cat‚ but this blow was arrested by the hand of his wife‚ so buried the axe in his wife’s brain. The narrator is responsible for the wife’s murder‚ due to his violent personality‚ and he has no guilt for his wife’s death. First‚ the narrator is responsible for the wife’s murder because he is

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    the reader is able to arrive at a better understanding of the author’s intent. The rhetorical device of irony in literature is often far more effective than a direct statement. For example‚ in Edgar Allen Poe’s The Black Cat‚ the man starts out loving animals‚ especially his own cat Pluto‚

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    Cats in the Cradle’ was originally recorded by Harry Chapin‚ in 1974‚ featuring in the album‚ Verities & Balderdash. Although originally intended to be poem‚ its lyrical and rhythmic nature has led to it becoming regarded as one of the most successful folk rock songs. Its success was evident with the single topping the Billboard Hot 100 in December the same year of its release. ‘Cats in the Cradle’ starts out with a natural harmony that depicts the tale of a father with his newborn son.

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    there are thousands of cat lovers in the world. The cat is a beautiful small animal resembling the likes of a tiger. It lives on the streets as well as in our houses and is one of our favourite pet animals. The cat’s body is covered with soft‚ silky hair and has four short legs and sharp claws hidden in the fleshy pads. Cats seldom make any noise while walking or running. Cats have bright eyes and they can even see in the dark. Cat is found all over the world and milk is cats favourite. Many people

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    model to construct your own essay. Write your essay in basic black. TITLE (green) (INTRODUCTION) Interest Technique—Quotation (blue) Background Information (red) Thesis Statement with Body Paragraph Order (pink) (BODY PARAGRAPHS) Topic Sentence (black) Supporting Sentences (orange) Examples (purple) Concluding Sentence (black) (CONCLUSION) Summary (green) Restatement of the Thesis Statement (pink) Suggestion (blue) Cats Are Friends‚ Too! "A dog is man’s best friend." That

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    The domestic cat was first classified as Felis catus by Carolus Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae in 1758.[1][3] However‚ because of modern phylogenetics‚ domestic cats are now usually regarded as another subspecies of the wildcat‚ F. silvestris.[1][4][33] This has resulted in mixed usage of the terms‚ as the domestic cat can be called by its subspecies name‚ Felis silvestris catus.[1][4][33] Wildcats have also been referred to as various subspecies of F. catus‚[33] but in 2003

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    Cats. The first thing that comes to a person’s mind would be the cute little cuddly furballs that we can cosy up to. Not forgetting How they look at us with their majestic eyes that gleams like emeralds while purring softly and the cuteness overload when their lick their fur to clean themselves. Cats are naturally stereotyped to be domestic pets that one can keep at home and play with. However‚ Not all cats are like that. There is a species of cats known as the jungle cats which are a drastic opposite

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    cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats cats are meaningful because they meow symbol simile metaphor WOW this is a poem about cats how awesome is this meow meow meow apparently i must keep typing if i’m to enter the site why is this essay too short? what if I had a really good point and I’m just geniusly able to get it across in such a small piece of writing?! Look at Shakespeare’s sonnets... they’re short‚ but that doesn’t mean they’re bad! on the contrary‚ they’re quite wonderful

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