The american literature paper 10 The black cat

1.  Presented by: Prinjal Shiyal
 Course: M. A. Sem. 3
 Roll no.: 26
 Paper no. 10
 Paper name: The American Literature
 Enrollment number: 2069108420190041
 Email Id: prinjal00123@gmail.com
 Submitted to: S. B. Gardi Department of
English

2.  The “Mystery
writers of
America” present
an annual award
known as the
“EDGAR AWARD”
for distinguished
work in the
Mystery genre.

3.  Edgar Allan Poe is one of the famous poet and
short story writer. He is known as editor and
also Literary Critic.
 His born January 19- 1809 to died on October
1849. During this 40 years he wrote many short
stories and poems and he is best known for his
poetry and short stories.
 Poe and his work influenced literature around
the world, as well as specialized fields such as
cosmology and cryptography.
 He and his work appear thought popular
culture in literature, music, films, and
television. A number of his homes are
dedicated museums today.

4.  The Black Cat
 The Cask of Amontillado
 The gold- Bug
 Hop- Frog
 The IMP of the perverse
 Morella
 The pit and the pendulum
 The premature Burial
 The tell- Tale Heart
 Loss of Breath etc…

5.  What does a man want?
 What does in his idea of blackness/ darkness?
 Here I find that the relationship between
animal and human beings. This short story in
the horror that forces on the psyche of the
narrator. The black cat is related to the cruel
human relationship with animals and how
people react with them.
 A human being has a perverse, wicked side
that can prod him into doing evil things that
have no apparent motives.

6.  The black cat and The tell tale heart both
story written by Poe and both are murder
stories.
 Both stories are classic examples of the gothic
literature genre. ‘The black cat’ is often linked
with “The tell tale heart,” since both of Poe’s
stories share several disturbing plot devices
including murder and damning messages from
the grave – real and imagined.
 The black cat and The tell tale heart both
stories are murders and crime related stories
and similar symbols as Pluto’s Eye and Cat’s

7.  The black cat:
 Narrator
 Narrator’s wife
 First black cat
 Second black cat
 Policeman
 servant
 The tell tale
heart:
 The narrator
 The old man
 The servant
 The three police
man
 A neighbor

8.  Justice
 Truth
 Superstition
 Alcoholism
 Dark night
 Murders and Death
 House and Home
 Prison
 Illusion
 Loyalty and
Perverted etc…

10.  The black cat in
the symbol of black
cat’s eye.
 In this story about
confessional tone
and self
explanatory.
 Protagonist
character not
defending at the
end of the story.
 The Tell Tale Heart
in the symbol of
the old man’s
artificial eye.
 The tell tale heart
is also about
murder and crime
and self
explanatory.
 In this story servant
easily accept his
crime.

11.  “ For the most wild, yet most homely
narrative which I am about to pen, I neither
expect nor solicit belief.’’

12.  Can you want to give different end of both
the stories?
 In my points of view both the stories are
connected with each other and unhappy
ending of the stories.