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Micaela Galipolo
Micaela Galipolo

The story "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe follows a narrator who descends into madness after proclaiming his sanity. His alcoholism interferes with his grasp on reality and causes mood changes. The introduction of alcohol, like the black cat, is an external agent that intrudes on the plot. Poe uses elements of the fantastic, which explores both the real and supernatural, to tell the story.

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The Black Cat Edgar Allan Poe (1843)
The Black Cat follows the narrators descent into madness after he proclaims his sanity in the opening paragraph. The narrator confesses han alcoholism that interferes with his grasp on reality and produces mood changes. The alcohol in the tale is like the cat, an external agent that intrudes in the dynamics of the plot. The introduction of alcohol is very significant as Poe was reputedly uncontrollable drunk during his lifetime.
The concept of the fantastic is introduced in his literature of horror. The fantastic explores the real and the supernatural and it contains both rational and irrational elements. A fantastic element is the apparition of a second black cat. The resolution of the story can be both rational and irrational.
Black cat
Meaning of Animal Imagery In Poes stories, homicide requires animalistic elements. Animals signal the absence of human reason and morality. The murder of Pluto signals the narrators loss of reason and plunge into perverseness. Irrational Humans vs. Rational Animals, indicates Poe sees murder as animalistic and inhuman.

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  • 1. The Black Cat Edgar Allan Poe (1843)
  • 2. The Black Cat follows the narrators descent into madness after he proclaims his sanity in the opening paragraph. The narrator confesses han alcoholism that interferes with his grasp on reality and produces mood changes. The alcohol in the tale is like the cat, an external agent that intrudes in the dynamics of the plot. The introduction of alcohol is very significant as Poe was reputedly uncontrollable drunk during his lifetime.
  • 3. The concept of the fantastic is introduced in his literature of horror. The fantastic explores the real and the supernatural and it contains both rational and irrational elements. A fantastic element is the apparition of a second black cat. The resolution of the story can be both rational and irrational.
  • 5. Meaning of Animal Imagery In Poes stories, homicide requires animalistic elements. Animals signal the absence of human reason and morality. The murder of Pluto signals the narrators loss of reason and plunge into perverseness. Irrational Humans vs. Rational Animals, indicates Poe sees murder as animalistic and inhuman.