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   One night, under the influence of alcohol, he sensed the black cat was avoiding him and so chased him and picked up the animal. The animal bit him slightly on the hand, and the narrator – possessed by a sudden rage – took a pen-knife from his pocket and gouged out one of the cat’s eyes.

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   The cat swiftly followed them downstairs; in a paroxysm of rage, the narrator picked up an ax. He missed the cat due to his wife’s interference, and so he decided to strike her instead. He killed her with one blow and decided he would dispose of the body by walling it up, as he could not take it outside without been seen.

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   For many years, his biographers asserted that he died of alcohol poisoning in a gutter in Baltimore. More recent biographies insist that the exact cause of Poe’s death cannot be determined. Regardless, it is certain that Poe suffered from the deleterious effects of alcohol consumption throughout his life.

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   A summary of “The Black Cat” (1843) in Edgar Allan Poe's Poe’s Short Stories. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Poe’s Short Stories and what it means. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans.

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   But within a couple of paragraphs, the narrator is describing the terrible night when, in a drunken rage, he stabbed the poor cat’s eye out. He goes on to blame “the Fiend Intemperance ...

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   In a burst of rage, he grabs an axe and tries to kill the cat, but his wife stops him, pushing him into “a rage more than demoniacal.” He kills her and seals her body up in the wall of the...

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   Who wrote the Black Cat?

   • Pgs. 81–102. Poe, Edgar Allan. The Black Cat. Boston: Northeastern University Press. 1986. Thompson, G. R. Poe’s Fiction. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. Pgs. 9–72. "The Black Cat - Use of Irony in “The Black Cat”."

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   Why did the narrator wall up the Black Cat?

   • When the body is revealed, the black cat is there – and it was the cat that had made the noise that gave away the location of the corpse. The narrator had walled up the animal when he had hidden his wife’s body. And with this revelation, the narrator’s story comes to an end. Analysis

   A Summary and Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Black Cat’

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   What happened in the Black Cat?

   • The police hurriedly pulled down the wall. The decaying corpse tumbled out, and inside was the black cat with his “solitary eye of fire”—the narrator had walled him up within the tomb. Analysis The Black Cat is one of Poe’s most beguiling and disturbing tales, and it has attracted a great deal of critical analysis.

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   Why did Poe write the Black Cat?

   • Shortly before his death in 1849 – possibly brought on by the effects of alcohol – Poe became a vocal supporter of temperance. It may be that ‘The Black Cat’ should be analysed as being, among other things, an earlier attempt to dramatise the dangers of drink.

   A Summary and Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Black Cat’

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   What is the plot of the Black Cat?

   • Summary First, a brief summary of the plot of ‘The Black Cat’. The narrator explains how from a young age he was noted for his tenderness and humanity, as well as his fondness for animals. When he married, he and his wife acquired a number of pets, including a black cat, named Pluto.

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   Why did the narrator kill the cat?

   • The cat swiftly followed them downstairs; in a paroxysm of rage, the narrator picked up an ax. He missed the cat due to his wife’s interference, and so he decided to strike her instead. He killed her with one blow and decided he would dispose of the body by walling it up, as he could not take it outside without been seen.

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   One day, as he and his wife were going into the cellar, the cat nearly tripped him; he grabbed an axe to kill it, but his wife arrested the blow. He withdrew his arm and then buried the axe in her brain.