The Black Cat 2

There is something in the unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of mere Man. (Poe, 100) Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Black Cat” tells a tale of a man whose conscience is embodied by two cats. Through the use of contrasting sentiments, Poe encapsulates the image of a creature consumed so completely …showed first 75 words of 867 total…

…showed last 75 words of 867 total…reactions from the narrator, his response is the same to each of them. When Pluto “avoids” the narrator, the result is Pluto’s death, and when the second cat gets too close to the narrator, the death of the narrator’s completely loving and innocent wife results. Poe’s picture of a man so affected by two cats and his reactions to their behaviors paints a perfect picture of how truly immoral man can be.