... superstitious belief as the story progresses. Superstition has it that Satan and witches assume the form of black cats. For those who believe, they are symbols of bad luck, death, witchcraft, sorcery, and the spirits of the dead. Appropriately, the narrator calls his cat, Pluto, a name that alludes ... his flaw, consisting of deliberate ignorance, which is perverse in its own nature. Human nature is a delicate balance of light and dark, or good and evil. Most of the time this precarious balance is maintained; however, when there is a shift, for whatever reason, the dark or perverse side ...

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... quot;, "Dream work" and "Ideal Female complex" in this short story. Furthermore, this paper examines the psychological themes, motifs and symbols available in the story. The whole thing happening in the story will be presented as a dream analysis of the narrator. In addition, the Gothic tradition in ... an innate "Oedipus complex" in Poe himself later strengthened by the evidences in his writing as his portrayal of other women as evil and not having the ideality of his beloved mother. Moreover it can also refer to Madonna/whore complex defining anyone like your mother in ... manners as a...

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