The Black Cat

The black cat, a story by Edgar Allen Poe, present man whose inseparable love for his wife and pets turned into hatred. The narrator was known for being kind caring, tender and loving. He loves animal and enjoy taking care of them especially his favorite, a cat named Pluto. Afterwards, he started to drink, and his personality drastically change for the worse. Consequently, he started to verbally and physically abuse his wife and pets and later murder them in a cruel manner. But how does a…

The main character in The Black Cat has preserved behaviors and mental deterioration that contributes to his downfall throughout the story. The main character’s actions in this story are a true reflection of how alcoholism can affect someone’s behavior. For example, after coming home drunk the main character becomes irritated at his cat Pluto “who he dearly loves.” Pluto is ignoring him and bites him on the hand and this highly intoxicated man becomes very violent, “I took from my waist a…

In Poe’s “The Black Cat”, the narrator mentioned that the wife made frequent allusion “which regarded all black cats as witches in disguise” (Poe). It is a superstitious belief that a black cat is a sign of bad omen, bad luck, witchcraft, death, etc. The man also named his cat Pluto, which means god of the underworld in Greek mythology. The man believes that the mishaps that happened to him was probably due to the superstitious belief of having a black cat. One night, the man came home drunk…

Wow in the story the black cat the main character cuts of the cat's eye just because it bit him(Poe).This person is from a story called the black cat and I have three reasons why he is a psychopath.He also doesn't like humans as much as animals. He has no deep emotion which is a psychopath tendency and he has grandiose self-worth. He gave no other affection to any other animals but his cat.He would also push them off the other animals and kick them something also.(Poe) Then the other…

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat” is an account told by an unreliable narrator of an alcoholic, murderous madman who claims he loves animals, but kills them in a fit of madness. In the beginning, the narrator confesses that he has a great love for cats and dogs because they are loyal, unlike humans. The narrator marries and introduces his wife to his hobby of owning pets. One of these beloved pets is a black cat named Pluto. The man starts drinking and thus his personality changes drastically.…

The black cat shows great detail of the horror in this story. The author starts out by saying he is to be hung the next day sending chills down your spine in the first paragraph. You continue to read along to find out why he is to be hung and your answer is discovered later on in the story. Why is he to be hung? He has a past of animal abuse due to hit beat and mistreating many animals and his wife. One of the cats he had was a black cat named pluto. The author and pluto had a great bond but one…

television together……etc. But have you ever think about to have a black cat to be your family member? In many countries, the black cat seems to an “unluckiness” significant. Especially to the places which still remain the old traditional costumes. For an example, in Taiwan, when the elderly people see a black cat, they will try to get away from it or even scared the cat away. And the other rumor also says that, if you see a black cat on “Black Friday” you are going to have something bad happen.…

The Black Cat: Witches or Just Cats? I believe that both Pluto I and Pluto II are actually witches in the disguise of a black cat in the story, The Black Cat. It has been a well known superstition for hundreds of years that black cats are bad omens and are often witches. There has been a lifelong correlation between black cats and witches, in some instances the black cat is the witch’s favorite pet of choice and other cases the witch herself turns in a black cat. Therefore, it is not surprising…

thousand people suffer from addiction. In The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator is facing major character change due to an addiction to alcohol. Addiction to alcohol is the major cause for the evil mentality of the narrator. He used to be a loving family man, but since he was intaking such high amounts of alcohol, he has become a criminally insane menace. He lived happily with his wife and numerous pets, but his all time favorite pet was a black cat with the name of Pluto. He begins…

Rough Draft The narrator is a phsycopath from the Black Cat,these are the reasons why he is a physcopath. The narrator of The Black Cat has done many things to make himself physcopath. For instance h took his first cats eye out that he loved so much. The first reason he took the cats eye out is because he was drunk and the cat bit the narrators hand. Since the narrator was drunk he got really mad and took his pen knife and cut the cats eye out. After that he killed his cat.Thats one reason why…