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    Anna Flores Ms. Ross English 109H 25 September 2014 The Black Cat Analysis “The Black Cat‚” written by Edgar Allan Poe‚ shows Poe’s twisted and dark ways that are portrayed throughout the story. “The Black Cat” is a story that combines many ideas that captivated Poe‚ especially perversity. The story shows how Poe struggles with his battle with alcohol and aggression‚ which ultimately lead him to destroy many things he loves. In the end‚ alcohol and anger are two things that Poe cannot control

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    Analysis of “The Black Cat” English 310 Chrystal Porter-Rogers The Robert B. Miller College John C. Rasmussen‚ Ed. D October 29‚ 2012 Analysis of “The Black Cat” “I neither expect nor solicit belief” explains that the narrator does not expect the reader to believe the story they’re about to read‚ because he finds it unbelievable himself which is evidenced by the excerpt “Mad indeed would I be to expect it‚ in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence.” With that being

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    I seize my focus on the characters Wendy and Peter in “The Veldt”‚ as well as the narrator in “The Black Cat”. Characters in “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury with Wendy and Peter‚ and in Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Black Cat” narrator all perceive their characters with distorted senses of reality. Their perceptions can drive them so crazy that all their beliefs seem like fact. The narrator from “The Black Cat” exhibits the most distorted sense of reality as he has done the worst crimes and was rewarded with

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    Edgar Allen Poe’s The Black Cat‚ much like many of his other stories‚ is a tale of inexplicable violence and perverseness‚ and yet it is an amazing insight into the mind’s ability to observe itself and even give itself away‚ as evidenced in end of the tale of the narrator. Indeed‚ even the narrator himself is aware of this fact that he is going insane somehow‚ and even with this knowledge and the knowledge that he continues to proceed in his insanity it’s not enough to stop his descent. The narrator

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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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    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” "Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives‚ than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart--one of the indivisible primary faculties‚ or sentiments‚ which give direction to the character of Man" (Poe). Humans always seem to have a dominant evil side that can slowly creep up in any situation. This wickedness is prominently displayed throughout Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Black Cat.” In this short story‚ Poe uses many literary elements such as foreshadowing

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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 by Edgar Allan Poe is a story about the narrator who goes from being a sane human being; but slowly starts to decline into a world of madness and paranoia‚ all because of his obsession with two (or possibly one) black cats. These cats finally drive him into a full state of madness to the point he take the life his wife‚ whose death he tries to conceal‚ with the thought that it’s not his fault. Through literary elements of symbolism and character development you can see the decline of

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