... . Although the man was quite meek, this part of him was evil, therefore his whole self was evil and he deserved to die. The narrator did not see this as a bad act but more of a cleansing action that would rid the world of this evil. In "The Black Cat" the father/husband, represented John Allen. He was overpowering and unjustly cruel ... the Maelstrom" the captain was seen as this old man-father figure. It became the captain's fault that the ship was almost taken over but he eventually saved by sheer luck and they escaped. This story Weigel 3 showed that if you trusted the "man" you would...

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