The narrator also states that he believes that "perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart" (Poe 2). ... Although he claims to have done it out of love, there is the factor that he believes the human heart has an instinct of perverseness, and he is, in fact, a prime example of this belief. ... Goaded, by the interference, into a rage more than demoniacal, [he] withdrew [his] arm from her grasp and buried the axe in her brain" (Poe 5). ...

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Goaded, by the interference, into a rage more than demoniacal, i withdrew my arm from her grasp and buried the axe in her brain. ... In "The Black Cat," the narrator was an alcoholic who would get intoxicated and then turn into an abusive human being. ...

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The narrator contemplates this perverse feeling as one of "the primitive impulses of the human heart - one of the indivisible primary faculties, or sentiments, which give direction to the character of Man to violate that which is Law (521) ." ... Furious by such an unexpected interference, he bursts into a rage more than demonical and he "withdrew his arm from her grasp and buried the axe in her brain (523). " The narrator, who is able to sleep even with the burden of murder upon his soul, does in fact feel guilt in correspondence to his cruel actions. ...

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