Symbolism In The Black Cat

Another example of symbolism used in the story is when the shapeless splotch of white hair on the black cat is signified as a structure to hang criminals, bringing the narrator into madness by the cat’s physique, During one night drunk at a tavern, the narrator who had just finished off Pluto finds a cat who looked exactly like the one he had killed, but with a minor difference, just a white shapeless splotch on its breast. Noticing its affection for him, he took the cat in as his pet, but soon found himself being annoyed by it, and then that feeling turned into hatred. However, he still kept it as a pet until he nervously and frantically realized the white splotch actually meant. He said, “This object, above all, made me hate and dread the monster. I would have gotten rid of it had I

At one night, he cut off Pluto’s eye, which would develop into his perverseness leaking out. Finally, the perverseness has all but taken over him, “As I said, this spirit of perverseness finally defeated me. My soul longed to torment itself--to be violent to itself--to do wrong just for the sake of doing wrong. This mysterious longing urged me to continue and finally to finish the injury to the innocent brute. One morning in cold blood, I slipped a noose about its neck and hung it from the limb of a tree. I hung it with tears streaming from my eyes and with bittersweet remorse (Poe 24-25).” This quote shows the result of his alcoholism, which is his outburst of perverseness into his murder of his cat Pluto. Additionally, the term “finally defeated me” explains how he has always had it like anyone else would, but his has grown formidable enough to take over him, since he killed Pluto knowing how sad he would be by its death. It exhibits how if you are not wary of yourself turning evil, whether or not you or happy about what you are doing, it could lead to an unfavorable outcome. Another example of personification used in the story is to show perverseness as the only