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Read this excerpt from “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe.
One night, returning home, much intoxicated, from one of my haunts about town, I fancied that the cat avoided my presence. I seized him; when, in his fright at my violence, he inflicted a slight wound upon my hand with his teeth.
How does the author use symbolism in this passage to develop a clear idea
of the narrator's character?
Answer:
From the passage, the symbolism of the black cat symbolises the soul of the narrator which is dark, destroyed and decaying.
The black cat is symbolic because of its meow which draws attention to the wall and also the sickening pleasure the narrator has because he thinks he has gotten away with what he has done.
Answer:
Janie decides to speak back to Jody because she was tired of him making fun of her appearance. She says that he looks like "de change of life" when naked. This hits a really big dent on his ego because firstly she insults him in front of the other men and they laugh. The other reason is because the image that he had built up with the town, the "power" that he made others think he had was all gone because of Janie's words.
Explanation:
I'm sorry if this is incorrect! This is just what i think the answer is. Again sorry in advanced if its wrong!
The best answer for this question would be:
This kind of structure of the story creates the perspective
of the main character through a detailed of opinion on what happened to his
life. The readers would be able to understand what went through his mind when
he went psychotic.
