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One night, returning home, much intoxicated, from one of my haunts about town, I fancied that the cat avoided my presence. I seized him; when, in his fright at my violence, he inflicted a slight wound upon my hand with his teeth. The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer.
Print ( periodical) " The Black Cat " is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in the August 19, 1843, edition of The Saturday Evening Post. In the story, an unnamed narrator has a strong affection for pets until he perversely turns to abusing them. His favorite, a pet black cat, bites him one night and the ...
- Edgar Allan Poe, 晶 渡部
- United States
- 1843
- English
A summary and analysis of Poe's short story "The Black Cat", a Gothic horror tale about a man who gouges out his wife's cat's eye and is haunted by its ghost. Learn about the themes, literary devices, and foreshadowing of this classic work of fiction.
Aug 9, 2019 · A classic gothic tale of madness, insanity, and superstition, "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe explores the themes of love, hate, and justice. The narrator is a man who becomes obsessed with a black cat and murders his wife and other pets, until he is arrested and faced with the horror of his own guilt. The story reveals the horror of his descent into madness and the horror of the black cat as a symbol of his own weakness and evil.
- Esther Lombardi
A disturbing story of a man who murders his wife and two cats, one of them a black cat, and is haunted by the ghost of the other. The story explores themes of cruelty, madness, and guilt, and the narrator's descent into madness and death. Learn more about the plot, setting, characters, and themes of this classic horror tale by Poe.
A narrator confesses to killing his wife and burying her body behind a wall, where a cat sits on her head. The story explores the fantastic, the irrational, and the descent into madness.
Mar 19, 2024 · The Black Cat, short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in The Saturday Evening Post in August 1843 and included in the collection Tales by Edgar Allen Poe (1845). The story’s narrator is an animal lover who, as he descends into alcoholism and perverse violence, begins mistreating his wife and his black cat Pluto.
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