The Undeniable Narrator In The Black Cat By Edgar Allan Poe

Where the rain falls down on the shadows of an insignificant town, people squirm inside their homes to take shelter from the rain. This dismaying observation displays a manor of ghoul and delight, broadcasted onto the dark souls of many people comprised with twisted minds. In the Edgar Allan Poe short story, “The Black Cat”, the traits relayed by the fallen rain are permanently resided inside of the mind of the unnamed narrator. In “The Black Cat”, the unnamed narrator is a psychotic and cruel minded man expressed through his thoughts, actions, and mere satisfaction. The constant eerie expressions and thoughts displayed by Poe through the words stumbling through the mouth of the unnamed narrator convinces the readers that he is indeed, …show more content…
The murder of his wife called for a task to conceal the body. Pondering many ideas around within his brain, he finally made the decision to plaster her up inside of a wall; which brought to him much pride. “I looked around triumphantly, and said to myself: “Here at least, then, my labor has not been in vain”’ (Poe 15). As expressed to himself and the readers reading between the lines, one can infer that the narrator obtained loads of pleasure and satisfaction within his doings of death and demonic intentions. The narrator’s mischievous measures lead him into trouble with his inner demons.
The unnamed narrator is a psychotic and cruel minded man expressed through his thoughts, actions, and mere satisfaction, shown throughout “The Black Cat”. The narrator, brought to the readers by Edgar Allan Poe, may remind many of a dark, stormy day containing a battle of pure demonic thoughts, with a spark of ghoul, within themselves. A battle that can no longer be contained within the mind but manifested with dark intentions. Edgar Allan Poe does a superb job of expressing the dispute that one takes with their dark thoughts and demons throughout their