In Edgar Allen Poe's "The Black Cat," the narrator guides us through an ever tightening progression of scenes that are "nothing more than an ordinary succession of very natural causes and effects" (137). ... Rather, as Poe's story progresses, the world of "The Black Cat" closes in, decreasing in size from home, to basement, to cell and tomb. "The Black Cat" begins with an unreliable tirade by the narrator, who has been condemned to die by hanging the next day, telling us to believe "this is a series of mere household events" [Poe04]....

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In "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Black Cat," the stories involved murder. ... In "The Black Cat" the murder was quite horrendous as well, only it was instant and very gruesome. ... She fell dead upon the spot, without a groan" (Black Cat 5). ... In "The Black Cat," the narrator was an alcoholic who would get intoxicated and then turn into an abusive human being. ... But to-morrow i die, and to-day i would unburthen my soul" (Black Cat 1). ...

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Edgar Allan Poe victoriously achieved the goal of creating the image of complete and utter insanity in his dark, twisted tale "The Black Cat. " Poe's first person narrative quickly establishes ambiguity about the story and the preceding events the narrator described. ... His absurdity eventually leads him to slay his animals along with his beloved black cat, and ultimately his wife. ... Envisioning one evening that his beloved black cat is avoiding him, he clutches it and proceeds to scalpel out one of its eyes with a knife. ... The tale concludes when the police discover the corpse ac...

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Two short stories that illustrate these themes are "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Black Cat". ... In the short story "The Black Cat" the narrator of the story undergoes a significant change in his character. ... The narrator in "The Black Cat" searched for a reason for why the cat was irritating him, formed by the cat's cut out eye. ... In the black cat the narrator seems to blame his irritation with the cat for his murder. ... Critics may also argue that this is similar to the theme in the black cat, maybe the narrator grew jealous of the cat, maybe he craved for the love and adm...

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Symbolism of Edgar Alan Poe's "The Black Cat" In Edgar Alan Poe's, "The Black Cat", symbolism is used to show the narrator's capacity for violence, madness, and guilt. ... The symbolism of the first black cat (Pluto), the second black cat, and the white spot illustrate the narrator's expanding madness and capacity for evil. The most important symbol of the story is Pluto, the first black cat. ... The black cat two is symbolic of the narrator's guilt. ... Black cat two had a white spot on his chest. ...

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Character Development In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat," the narrator goes through a dramatic change in the story. ... He has a pet cat, Pluto, which he loves dearly. ... The narrator was enraged by the cat's reaction that he pulls out his penknife and cuts the cat's eye out. ... One night, at the bar, he finds a cat extremely similar to Pluto and decides to take it home. Before he knows it, he quickly starts to grow loving emotions for the cat. ...

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"The Black Cat" By: Edgar Allen Poe They lived in a nice city and were friendly people. ... Pluto, who is the cat, was all black and very friendly. ... I would identify more with the cat than anything would. ... After gauging out the cats" eye, the next day the narrator goes and hangs the cat from the tree in the back yard. ... After the narrator and his wife moved into their new house, a black cat, with a patch of white on his stomach, started to follow the narrator around. ...

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(546: 6) "The Black Cat" has a gripping psychological effect on the reader. ... This is how the critic William Henry Smith, back in November, 1847 felt about Poe's "The Black Cat." ... In relation to "The Black Cat," I interpret Mr. ... "The Black Cat," in context of horror and mystery, was very well written. ... "The Black Cat." ...

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The Black Cat The Cask of Amontillado The Tell-Tall Hart By Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allen Poe themes for these three stories all have similarities. ... In "The Black Cat" we see the story of a man who reaches his end through insanity, with the help of alcohol. ... His favorite was a black cat named Pluto. ... In a fit, thinking that the cat was, mocking him, the man gouged out the eye of the cat. ... He then hung the cat. ...

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In "The Black Cat," the conflict begins when the main character starts to become violent towards his cat. ... Poe's main character in "The Black Cat," is a round character. ... Poe uses compound-complex sentences in "The Black Cat." ... In "The Black Cat," Poe does this very well. ... In "The Black Cat," there is an example of cosmic irony. ...

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In Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat, there is symbolism weaved throughout the story. ... The story then moves to present day and the narrator goes on to tell the audience about his cat Zeus and his growing animosity toward the cat. As the story moves on the narrator then kills his cat, and out of guilt acquires another cat. His hostility grows again towards the second cat and he then tries to kill it. ... The first use of symbolism occurs when the narrator introduces his cat, Pluto. ...

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Like many of Edgar Allan Poe's stories, The Black Cat ventures into the abnormal psychology in which the narrator is completely insane. ... For example, the narrator comes home one night "much intoxicated" and cuts his black cat's eye out, merely because the animal avoided him. ... One morning, a few days or weeks after the he gouged out his black cat's eye, he hangs his cat. ... Shortly after he hanged his cat and his house burned down, he comes across a new cat which looks very similar to his now dead one, excluding a white splotch on its chest. Ironically, the man ...

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Abyssinian is breed of domestic cat, probably of Egyptian origin, that has been considered to approximate the sacred cat of ancient Egypt more closely than any other living cat (Britannica). ... The Bombay as developed by Nikki Horner by crossing sable Burmese with a solid black American Shorthair (car fanciers). ... Although the cat looks like a black American-style Burmese, the early pioneers of the breed thought it looked like a version of the Indian (Asian) Black Panther and so, after much deliberation, chose Bombay as the breed name. ... All three cats have similar characteristics. ... ...

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"The Black Cat," written by Edgar Allan Poe, is a unique story about a man and his relationship with a cat. ... In the program where Peter Lorre was reading and acting out the story of the Black Cat that was once wrote many years ago by writer Edgar Allen Poe. ... Another reason why Peter Lorre performed The Black Cat story extremely well was because even though it was not a visual show, it was very easy for the listener to envision what was going on by the constant sound affects that were going on. ... One example would be around 6:30 when Edgar Allan Poe first attacks Pluto, the original bla...

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Another critic says, " ˜The Black Cat' is perfect eerie and dark. ... One points out, "In ˜The Black Cat' drink turns a once loving and compassionate man into a monster. ... The cat was large and black. ... In "The Black Cat " it begins with the narrator in jail awaiting his execution, which will occur on the following day, for the brutal murder of his wife. ... It is frightening because we witness in "The Fall of the House of Usher " and "The Black Cat " how quickly one can become consumed with madness....

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The Black Cat I do not expect anyone to believe the wild tale which I am about to write. ... It was entirely black and astonishingly intelligent. It's intelligence, in fact, would make my wife speak of the ancient notion that all black cats were witches in disguise. ... In the meantime, the cat slowly recovered. ... It was a black cat - a very large one - just as large as Pluto, and almost identical to him in every way except one. ...

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"The Black Cat" and "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe are very appealing short stories which both deal with the theme of death. ... The "Black Cat" is about a psychotic animal lover who acquires and befriends a stray black cat until a moment of madness occurs where he cuts out its eye and hangs it. ... A piece of characterisation which Poe uses to tackle the theme of death is when the insane narrator in "The Black Cat" pounces for the animal, after a few drinks, clutching a pen-knife and tears one of its eyes out with the weapon. ... A good example of this technique is in "The Black...

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The panther, also known mythically as the "black panther" or "puma" is an elegant animal, yet it is faced with many problems. ... Know by many, as the mysterious "black panther" or "puma," the massive cat's scientific name is Felis concolor coryi, given to it by naturalist and hunter Charles Barney Cory (U.S. ... Many people refer to the panther as black, only due to the reclusive nature of the animal. Since the cat lurks in shade, near wooded and brush areas, the panther often appears black to the lucky few who may see it. ... Now the cats are limited to a mere section of southwestern F...

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My Friends Cat. ... White ones, black ones, mixed color and size from kittens to old tomcats that looked like small dogs. ... This cat was just like any other cat to me or so I thought. ... From a giant round black hole to just a tiny oval. ... This is a real house cat trapped in an outdoor cat's body. ...

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Discussion Physical Characteristics The jaguar is the largest cat in the western hemisphere and the third largest cat in the world. ... Melanistic jaguars are also common, resulting in coats that are heavily pigmented, appearing almost black, with the rosette pattern visible only in strong light. ... The jaguar is the best tree climber of the great cats and many times it will climb trees to lie in wait for prey. ... The jaguar is included in the group of the four roaring cats. ... Jaguars are the largest cats in the western hemisphere, and I hope it stays that way. ...

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There are 37 species in cat family in the world today. Zoologists generally group the cat family in 3 classes: small cats, big cats and the cheetah. "Small cats" include 28 species cats such as Canadian lynx, Spanish lynx, bobcat, black-foot cat, puma, and so on. ... Unfortunately, many species of the cat family, especially the big cats, being die out today. Human kill them because the furs of many of the cats are considered attractive, the bones of the cats are considered medicinal. ...

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There are many similarities between The cast of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart and The Black Cat. ... In The Black Cat his wife was buried inside the chimney in the basement. ... In The Black Cat the victim was his wife. ... In The Black Cat the murderer accidentally killed his wife because of an annoying cat. ... In The Black Cat after he killed and buried his wife he felt satisfied and relaxed. ...

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In "The Black Cat" the narrator obsesses over his black cat named Pluto. ... Both narrators in "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" engage in a murder. ... Likewise, in "The Black Cat" the narrator not only kills Pluto, but he also murders his wife. ... The narrator in "The Black Cat" also possesses a false confidence when dealing with the death of his wife. ... All in all, Edgar Allen Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" demonstrate the theme of insanity. ...

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Some of the most striking similarities can be found between "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart", two short stories that divulge the inner workings of a perverse mind. ... "The Black Cat" is Poe's second psychological study of domestic violence and guilt (the first being "The Tell-Tale Heart"); however, this story does not deal with premeditated murder. ... Suffering from intemperance of alcohol and the same obsessive disorder, the man from "The Black Cat" was otherwise good-natured. Denying his insanity, the narrator from "Heart" is very similar to the man in "The Black Cat", w...

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Oil Needs of the Black Sea States Table . 5. ... This route separates Asia from Europe continents, joining Black sea with Mediterranean Sea. ... With this traffic density, the Bosphoros is the world's busiest waterway. 45,000 vessels annually pass between the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmora each way which means one vessel every 12 minutes pass through them. ... The Black Sea, at the northern end, is higher than the Aegean at the southern end. ... However, with four major fresh water rivers flowing into the Black Sea, a strong difference in levels of salinity means a strong unde...

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