The Black Cat Response Paper

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I’ll give you two story of why I support this quotation "A work of literature must provide more than accuracy or vivid physical reality ... it must tell us more than what we know". These stories are both by Eger Allen Poe. The first story is The Black Cat the other story is the system of Dr Tarr and Fror Fether both of these stories will not only horrify you but will leave you shaking also there both great example of vivid detail and factual accuracy so just sit back and enjoy the story as I take you into the mind of Poe.

My first story is The black cat this Poe story is very happy at the beginning and horrible at the end I'm going to give you some examples of how this story involves vivid physical reality this the first example " One day

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