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1、AnalysisofTheBlackCat byEdgarAllanPoeWhenIreadthefictionofEdgarAllanPoefirsttimeinhighschool,Iwasaddictedinhisfantasticworldspontaneously.AlthoughIdidnotunderstandtheconnotationatthattime,thereisapowerofmagicthatIwasdrenchedin.Theexcitingplotdevelopmentleftmeadeepimpressi
2、on.SoIchooseEdgarAllanPoe’scompositiontoanalyzesinceIhavereadtheoriginaleditionofthestoryTHEBLACKCAT.1.THEINTRODUCTIONOFTHISSTORYTHEBLACKCATisashortstoryaboutmurder,butitisnotjustapurekillingstory.Therewereonlyfourmajorcharacters,includingtheman,theman’swife,andtwoblackca
3、ts.Theprotagonistwhowasnotedforthedocilityandhumanityofdispositionkeptsomanypetandcaressedthem,butwhenhebecameintoxicatedandintemperance,thereisaseriesdisasterhappenedtothepetsbesideshisfavoritepet,ablackcatnamedPluto.AfterhekilledPlutounderhismad,anotherblackcat——averyla
4、rgeone——fullyaslargeasPlutocametotheprotagonist’slife.Finallytheprotagonistputhisatrocityonhiswifeandkilledherwiththeinstrumentalityofintemperance,thenheconcealedthebodyintoawall.ButatlasttheanotherPlutomakehisevilrevealeddramatically.THEDISCRIPTIONOFTHESCENEThesettingand
5、plotdevelopmentwithitsGothicstyleappealstome.Thewholestoryisunderastrange,viciousatmosphere.Tostartwith,themurderwashappenedinacellar,adampandgloomyplace,whichmakepeopletrembledwithfear.Anypeoplewhocomeintosuchaplacewithoutsunshinethroughouttheyearwouldbeinagreatpanicalth
6、oughtherewasnothinghappened.Then,thewayofconcealingthebodyistooappallingtoaccept.“Ideterminedtowallitupinthecellar,asthemonksoftheMiddleAgesarerecordedtohavewalleduptheirvictims.”Theprotagonistputuponewalltohidehiswife’sbodyinit.Formostpeople,itisthefirsttimetohearthestat
7、ement,especiallythestatementisrelatedtoancientmonks.Itcanbeamysteriousfactortotheconcealing.Thelastpoint,Poereferredtodrinkingtoomanytimes,thefirsttimethatprotagonistill-treatedPlutowhenhereturnedhome,muchintoxicated,fromoneofhishaunts.Helosthisheadand,hewaspossessedbythe
8、furyofademonsothathecutoneofPluto’eyesfromthesocket.WhatabruteactionthathedidtoPluto.Sympathywil
