Questions+and+More



Could Pluto be reincarnated into the new cat? Is it just the narrator’s delusion/inebriation that sees the noose around his neck?

Does the main character show any guilt and remorse while telling this story?

The blunt murder of his wife has little to no effect on the narrator, not like the image of the burnt cat does. Could this be an example of the dead over powering the living?

What could have caused the narrator to stop loving the cat? Is it possible thatmore than alcohol had an effect on the narrator? If so what?

How are women portrayed? Why would a woman enjoy this tale?


 * Want to know more about Poe and this story? **

Cornelius, Kay (2002). "Biography of Edgar Allan Poe". In [|Harold Bloom]. //Bloom's BioCritiques: Edgar Allan Poe//. Philadelphia, PA: Chelsea House Publishers.

Gargano, James W. (1967). "The Question of Poe's Narrators". In Regan, Robert. //Poe: A Collection of Critical Essays//. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. pp. 165

Gargano, James W. "The Black Cat": Perverseness Reconsidered". //Texas Studies in Literature and Language// 2.2