"The Black Cat" is a short horror story, written by Edgar Allan Poe. In this story, a narrator is in prison waiting for his punisment, as like hanging. The narrator, who is the main character ,tells us about the story of his own’s life that has gone bad…
As a little child, he is decribed as a mild and kind boy who loves all kinds of animals. His favorite thing to do is taking care of his pets and spendig lots of time with them . His favorite animal is a dog.
He gets married in his early age. His wife fortunately loves animals too, and they have a variety of them. One of these is a humongous, all black, super-smart cat named Pluto. When the man starts drinking lots of alcohol, his personality takes a turn for the worse. He starts physically …show more content…
It sounds horrible, scary and desperate. The police take down the wall to find the victim. Finally, the police finds it, with the cat on her head. That's why the narrator is in jail, sentenced to death by hanging. The narrator wants to show us his whole story to understand his deed.
The novel The Black Cat is a Gothic story.
„Gothic literature, a movement that focused on ruin, decay, death, terror, and chaos, and privileged irrationality and passion over rationality and reason, grew in response to the historical, sociological, psychological, and political contexts of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.”
The word “Gothic” originates with the ornate architecture created by Germanic tribes called the Goths. The ornate and intricate style of this kind of architecture proved to be the ideal backdrop for both the physical and the psychological settings in a new literary style, one which concerned itself with elaborate tales of mystery, suspense, and superstition. The height of the Gothic period is usually considered to have been the years 1764-1840, but its influence extends to the present day.
The plot of Gothic literature novels typically includes people, as well as ghosts and other paranormal phenomena, who become involved in complex and oftentimes evil schemes, usually against an innocent and helpless
As a little child, he is decribed as a mild and kind boy who loves all kinds of animals. His favorite thing to do is taking care of his pets and spendig lots of time with them . His favorite animal is a dog.
He gets married in his early age. His wife fortunately loves animals too, and they have a variety of them. One of these is a humongous, all black, super-smart cat named Pluto. When the man starts drinking lots of alcohol, his personality takes a turn for the worse. He starts physically …show more content…
It sounds horrible, scary and desperate. The police take down the wall to find the victim. Finally, the police finds it, with the cat on her head. That's why the narrator is in jail, sentenced to death by hanging. The narrator wants to show us his whole story to understand his deed.
The novel The Black Cat is a Gothic story.
„Gothic literature, a movement that focused on ruin, decay, death, terror, and chaos, and privileged irrationality and passion over rationality and reason, grew in response to the historical, sociological, psychological, and political contexts of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.”
The word “Gothic” originates with the ornate architecture created by Germanic tribes called the Goths. The ornate and intricate style of this kind of architecture proved to be the ideal backdrop for both the physical and the psychological settings in a new literary style, one which concerned itself with elaborate tales of mystery, suspense, and superstition. The height of the Gothic period is usually considered to have been the years 1764-1840, but its influence extends to the present day.
The plot of Gothic literature novels typically includes people, as well as ghosts and other paranormal phenomena, who become involved in complex and oftentimes evil schemes, usually against an innocent and helpless