In Edgar Alan Poe’s, “The Black Cat”, symbolism is used to show the narrator’s capacity for violence, madness, and guilt. In this story, the narrator portrays a man who is fond of animals, had a tender heart and is happily married. Within several years of his marriage, his general temperament and character make a radical alteration for the worse. He grows moodier, more irritable and more inconsiderate of the feelings of others. This change for the worse, caused by alcohol, ends in the narrator’s waiting on death row for the murder of his wife. 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. Pluto, which is the name of the God of the un

The white spot found on black cat two’s chest covered nearly the whole region of this breast, as time passed the spot changed forms. As the narrators condition got worse the white spot became more distinct of what it resembled. The white spot changed to the form of gallows, which is symbolic of the punishment the narrator should receive in the future for his cruel actions toward Pluto and for killing his wife.

The black cat two is symbolic of the narrator’s guilt. The night after the narrator’s house caught fire he went to a bar, where he saw black cat two. When the narrator began to leave the bar, black cat two began to follow him. Black cat two following the narrator is symbolic of the guilt that follows the narrator. When the narrator got home he noticed the black cat two resembled Pluto in every aspect except one. Black cat two had a white spot on his chest.

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