The Black Cat
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 from “Merry’s Museum and Peter Parley’s Magazine,” to “The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe.” Ginsberg does not only focus on the history, but she also focuses on Edgar Allan Poe’s life. Poe lived in the South, so his ideas for his stories seemed
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I agree with the information in the article, because Ginsberg uses historical articles to prove her point. The black cat’s treatment by the owner and how slaves were treated by their masters seem to be a parallel. The author could make the article stronger with more information on Poe’s feelings toward slavery, as the reader, I am unsure about Poe’s stance on slavery. I understand the implications that Ginsberg makes throughout her article due to the evidence brought out in the article. The history at that time is such a broad topic, because we have learned new information about the time period. Ginsberg also researches the cat’s name, because Pluto was often a slave name. The author takes the story, and comes back with articles that prove the slavery ideas within the text. Ginsberg writes about the cat being the oppressed character and the main character being the oppressor, and then she writes that this relationship is similar to a slave and his master’s relationship. Ginsberg manages to write a good critique even including the African American criticism since she writes about the oppressed slaves and the characters in the story. As the reader, I find Ginsberg’s article to be a well written literary critique on Poe’s The Black Cat. Ginsberg’s article goes into depth about slavery within Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black Cat. Ginsberg’s African American critique on Poe’s story is one supported by historical articles about slavery and Poe’s life. Ginsberg manages to include enough information to make her article credible. Ginsberg’s new take on The Black Cat causes the reader to look at the characters not only as evil characters, but actual slave owners from the
I agree with the information in the article, because Ginsberg uses historical articles to prove her point. The black cat’s treatment by the owner and how slaves were treated by their masters seem to be a parallel. The author could make the article stronger with more information on Poe’s feelings toward slavery, as the reader, I am unsure about Poe’s stance on slavery. I understand the implications that Ginsberg makes throughout her article due to the evidence brought out in the article. The history at that time is such a broad topic, because we have learned new information about the time period. Ginsberg also researches the cat’s name, because Pluto was often a slave name. The author takes the story, and comes back with articles that prove the slavery ideas within the text. Ginsberg writes about the cat being the oppressed character and the main character being the oppressor, and then she writes that this relationship is similar to a slave and his master’s relationship. Ginsberg manages to write a good critique even including the African American criticism since she writes about the oppressed slaves and the characters in the story. As the reader, I find Ginsberg’s article to be a well written literary critique on Poe’s The Black Cat. Ginsberg’s article goes into depth about slavery within Edgar Allan Poe’s The Black Cat. Ginsberg’s African American critique on Poe’s story is one supported by historical articles about slavery and Poe’s life. Ginsberg manages to include enough information to make her article credible. Ginsberg’s new take on The Black Cat causes the reader to look at the characters not only as evil characters, but actual slave owners from the