2. The Black Cat By Edgar Allan Poe

3. The Narrator as a Youth / Young Man Personality: Tenderness of heart Personality: Tenderness of heart Disposition: Docile, gentle, humane Disposition: Docile, gentle, humane Friends: Had some; they joked about his tender-heartedness Friends: Had some; they joked about his tender-heartedness

4. Early Issues He MISTRUSTED PEOPLE even as a young man even as a young man thought animals were more trustworthy! thought animals were more trustworthy!

5. The Narrator as a Youth/ Young Man Marriage: Wife had the same likes as he did, esp. for animals Marriage: Wife had the same likes as he did, esp. for animals Pets: Birds, goldfish, dog, rabbit, monkey, cat Pets: Birds, goldfish, dog, rabbit, monkey, cat

7. Changes in the Narrator Personality Personality Disposition Disposition Friends Friends Marriage Marriage Pets Pets Alcohol

8. Narrator and Wife He treated her with Intemperate language Intemperate language Personal violence Personal violence

9. Narrator & Pluto

10. FIRE!

11. I approached and saw, as if graven in bas relief upon the white surface, the figure of a gigantic cat.

12. After the Fire Changes in Lifestyle

13. After the Fire The Second Cat The Second Cat

14. A Wife’s Revenge? Women & marriage in early 1800s Women & marriage in early 1800s Power of suggestion Power of suggestion Repressed/dulled guilt Repressed/dulled guilt

15. Final Downfall

16. A Cat’s Revenge?

17. What Goes Around Comes Around

18. Poe, Catarina, and Virginia