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    Cited: Poe‚ Edgar Allan. The Black Cat. N.p.: n.p.‚ n.d. 7. Print. Poe‚ Edgar Allan. The Black Cat. N.p.: n.p.‚ n.d. 1. Print. Poe‚ Edgar Allan. The Black Cat. N.p.: n.p.‚ n.d. 6. Print.

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    story then the story would be dull and tasteless. In the story he turns from an animal lover to a murder. He committed a terrible crime due to his alcoholism. In the short story “The Black Cat‚” Edgar Allan Poe use symbolism and Point of View to convey the readers that what he did was not his fault it was “ The Cat.” The first literary element that the author uses to convey the theme is when the readers realized how “alcohol” symbolizes the narrator’s problems‚ abusing his wife and pets all started

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    The Black Cat Narrator. Is the narrator in The Black Cat well some people say that he is but others out there might see‚ and say that he is not a psychopath. Yes the only way that i could see them thinking that he isn’t a psychopath is that he/she got a little through and stop reading it but if they did read it all the only way that they could think he is not a psychopath is that they think that the things that he does is only a psychopathic intention and it is just like a flaw that regular

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    Before the field of Psychology was introduced an American author‚ Edgar Allan Poe‚ was deeply aware of the complexities of the human mind and its effects on behavior. His comprehension of the human brain is embedded in short stories such as‚ “The Black Cat” and “The Cask of Amontillado.” Edgar Allan Poe presents protagonists

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    stories off of: we cannot hide from or repress our own fears and emotions. If we do deny ourselves‚ these feelings will eventually catch up with us. We must face these things. In the “The Black Cat‚” and “The Tell Tale Heart‚” Poe tells us of the repercussions of repressed guilt and remorse. In “The Black Cat‚” confinement is used to represent the main character’s state of mind. When his life changes from good to bad‚ the physical space between the characters also shrink. This is a physical representation

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    Edgar Allan Poe uses internal conflict in the short story‚ “The Black Cat” to show how the narrator slowly plunges into madness. In this story we observe a person fighting with himself because he does things he knows is morally wrong. The narrator first shows signs of insanity‚ when he mentions his changing mood: “I grew‚ day by day‚ more moody‚ more irritable‚ more regardless of the feelings of others” (1). This shows the reader that he is unstable and unreliable. He also begins talking

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    the advent of the film noir‚ it is a film style of cinematographic film that is shrouded by a mood of pessimism‚ fatalism‚ and menace. This term is also used to define American horror/crime films back in the 1940s. An example of film noir is “The Black Cat‚” this film is a 1943 American horror film that became the universal pictures biggest box office hit of the time. Expressionistic style is a style concerned with eliminating all of traditional aspects of conventional musical elements. Also‚ expressionistic

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    Historical context is important because of the occasion‚ the purpose of the biblical books and what they reveal. It also involves a number of different disciplines that are political‚ social‚ cultural‚ economic and historical geography. The historical writings are interpretations and each person comes to a different conclusion about the meanings. The reading of the history is to not come up with the best interpretation but to discover the intended meaning‚ the way the original audience understood

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    developed in knowledge of the teaching of Christ. All of this is necessary for believers to not conduct their lives as they did when they lived by the world’s standards‚ but to live set apart‚ being transformed into the image of Christ. Context Historical Cultural Context The Apostle Paul was one of Jesus’ disciples; after Jesus ascended to Heaven‚ Paul and the 11 others were left to continue the ministry of spreading the good news of

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    Black Robe: A Historical Analysis Black Robe presents the story of a French Jesuit missionary struggling to stay true to his religion while traveling from Champlain’s fur trading outpost to a Huron Native American mission in Nouvelle France during the 17th century. Father Paul La Forgue sets out on the 1‚500 mile journey with members of the Algonquian tribe and a young Frenchman named Daniel Davost‚ determined to convert the “savages” to Christianity. Throughout the film‚ Father La Forgue faces

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