The Black Cat Essay

Nearly all of Edgar Allen Poe’s work is influenced by his personal demons and the tragedies that happened in his life, from his wife dying at a very young age, his drug and alcohol addiction. Also, his severe depression had a huge impact on the way he wrote his stories. A few of his stories have hinted a little bit of Poe’s life. The story “The Oval Portrait” is an about an innocent, beautiful young woman who dies a horrible death and yet, very strange death. There are many other works like…

Many horror stories contain monsters, psychopaths, and other irrational beings that would scare the reader if they were confronted by them. But, “The Black Cat”, “The Yellow-Wallpaper”, and “The Masque of the Red Death”, are different. These stories are about the horrors within one's own mind, as most of the terror from the stories come from the protagonist’s thoughts and resulting actions. These short stories all are early examples of the psychological thriller genre. The fright the reader…

repetition and grim humor and these contribute to the thrilling and intense mood of his story; which adds to the style of the story. Edgar included many more literary elements, but these stood out far more than others. Below are examples from “The Black Cat” which represent these elements and show why Poe is known as a unique and original writer. Firstly, Poe uses very deep personification to express the horror of his story. As stated on page 6, it states” -like the sobbing of a child, and…

In the novels, ”The Black Cat”, and “Stan”, the authors illustrates about how dependence for frequent desires, contributes to a negative state of health, mentally and physically. The stories tells us about madness and habits that contributes to patterns that lead to violent reactions. Both characters has the desire to regulate their emotions by habits and choose to ignore the long term threats to serve their temporary needs First, in the novel, “The Black Cat”, Edgar Allan Poe explains how the…

1. It is midnight, Poe is tired and thinking about his wife. As he was almost asleep, he heard someone knocking, it’s a constant knock. Poe thinks that it is a visitor knocking at his door. 2. It was a cold December night. Poe was thinking about his wife, so he read books to try to keep her off his mind. His wife died and is an angel in heaven now. 3. His curtains were blowing. Poe was thrilled but also frightened. Something had come through his window. 4. Poe calmed down before he started to…

while continuing the momentum with an absorbing plot and thought-provoking details. Edgar Allen Poe’s various works exemplify the meaning of horror. There are several literary elements that create a story; Poe uses these to his advantage. In “The Black Cat,” Edgar Allen Poe can convey the disturbing tone and message of his story through his use of psychotic character, writing style, and symbolism. Characters have a set of actions to impact the story. Poe uses the narrator to describe his fall…

The Black Cat This short story by Edgar Allan Poe tells the story of a man that, having been condemned to be hanged due to the murder of his wife, tries to explain on the night before his execution his side of the story about the circumstances that led him to his terrible destiny. “For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence. Yet, mad am I…

In The Black Cat, Poe expresses through the actions and choices of the protagonist that he cannot control his actions because of his excessive drinking. Alcoholism is a choice that a bunch of adults struggles with. The Narrator in The Black Cat struggles with violent tendencies; which is what most people who drink struggle with. When someone gets intoxicated they lose control of themselves and their actions. Also, when trying to make decisions while drunk can lead to the choice that benefits the…

1. Some of the humorous elements that Poe adds to the story would be, as stated in the text, “He had on a tight-fitting parti-striped dress, and his head was surmounted by the conical cap and bells.” This quote is showing humor because it is explaining how Fortunato is a jester. Jesters are known for being the “jokers” of the castles. Another quote that shows humor states, “Enough” he said; “the cough’s a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a cough.” “True—True,” I replied…”…

Bonnie Nadzam’s newly released novel, Lions (Grove/Black Cat, $16), is a ghost story–a ghost story about the spirit of a dying Colorado town called Lions, so named “to stand in for disappointment with the wild invention and unreasonable hope by which it had been first imagined, then sought and spuriously claimed.” It is also a story about the ghosts that haunt the town’s few remaining inhabitants: the ghosts of their ancestors, the ghosts of their hopes and ambitions, the ghosts of an uncertain…