the black cat

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Who was the black cat written by?

Edgar allan poe

What does the narrator first do to the black cat after he comes home drunk one night?

He cuts the cat's eye out

How does the narrator kill pluto?

He hangs him from the tree in the garden

What does the new cat have on his chest?

He has a white splotch that is shaped like a hangman's noose

How does the narrator get caught in his crime?

He hits the wall with his cane, and the cat lets out a horrible sounding scream?

How does the new black cat act with the narrator?

He is always there and follows his everywhere

Why does the narrator originally not kill the black cat?

He is ashamed of what he did to pluto;

Where is the narrator doing in the beginning of the story?

He is in jail waiting his execution

How does the narrator kill his wife?

He sticks an axe in her head

Why die the narrator kill his wife?

He tripped over the cat and he gets mad. He turns around kills her

What happens on the same night that the narrator kills pluto?

His house burns down?

What is the allusion connected with the first black cats name?

Roman god of underworld

Narrators is obsessed with and frightened of what?

The black cat

Who does the narrator kill instead of his wife?

The black cat

Where does the new black cat come from in the story?

The cat follows him home from a tavern and he was sitting on top of a barrell

What happens to the narrators' wifes' body?

The narrator puts her body in the wall of the cellar

Does the narrator feel guilt for killing pluto?

Yes

Name 4 ways tell tale heart and the black cat are similar?

Proud of murders, narrator is crazy, killing of a human, no remorse

The story was told in a what?

A flashback in 1st person point of view

Narrator's madness is due to what?

Alcohol

What is on the one wall that didn't burn down in the goes?

An imprint of a cat with a noose around his neck

Why did people make fun of the narrator when he was young?

Because he was sensitive and tender hearted

Narrator brings about his own ____due to his ______

Capture; pride

Does the narrator feel guilt for killing his wife?

No

What was the 1st black cats name

Pluto

Why does the narrator kill pluto?

Pluto loved him. He knew it was wrong. He knew it was a sin. Pluto didn't give him a reason to do it.

What do pluto and the second cat have in common?

They are both black and are missing an eye


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