BLACK CAT

BACKGROUND Setting- Prison cell Plot- The day before his execution, the prisoner tells the story of what got him there. Mood- horror, scary, disturbing Characters- The Narrator, a prisoner scheduled for execution. His loathing of a cat he once loved leads to his commission of a capital crime. The Narrator's Wife, a woman of agreeable disposition who likes animals and obtains many pets for her husband. First Black Cat, a cat named Pluto that loves the narrator but irritates him when it follows him everywhere. Second Black Cat, a cat that resembles the first black cat and may be a reincarnation of the latter–or so the narrator may think. Policemen, officers who investigate the happenings at the home of the narrator. Servant-Person working in the narrator's household.

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