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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:18:41 en-us <![CDATA[Doesnt the fire cast a shadow of the Cat causeing it to seem bigger?]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/what-significance-fire-edgar-allan-poes-story-111031 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/what-significance-fire-edgar-allan-poes-story-111031 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:18:41 PST <![CDATA[The fire itself in "The Black Cat" is not immensely significant, but...]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/what-significance-fire-edgar-allan-poes-story-111031 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/what-significance-fire-edgar-allan-poes-story-111031 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:39:00 PST <![CDATA[What is the significance of the fire in Edgar Allan Poe's story "The...]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/what-significance-fire-edgar-allan-poes-story-111031 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/what-significance-fire-edgar-allan-poes-story-111031 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:01:51 PST <![CDATA[Both of these stories have narrators that murder someone and bury them...]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/what-difference-similarities-between-tell-tale-110553 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/what-difference-similarities-between-tell-tale-110553 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:59:19 PST <![CDATA[What are the differences and similarities between "The Tell-Tale Heart"...]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/what-difference-similarities-between-tell-tale-110553 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/what-difference-similarities-between-tell-tale-110553 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:12:03 PST <![CDATA[In "The Black Cat" By Edgar allen poe. How does Plot, character, point...]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/black-cat-by-edgar-allen-poe-how-does-plot-107299 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/black-cat-by-edgar-allen-poe-how-does-plot-107299 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:37:15 PST <![CDATA[As protagonist, the narrator tells a story in which he is the main...]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/how-can-narrator-fill-role-protagonist-while-97715 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/how-can-narrator-fill-role-protagonist-while-97715 Mon, 5 Oct 2009 19:49:03 PST <![CDATA[Without question, my favorite story by Poe. Like so many of his stories,...]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/what-narrators-immediate-purpose-writing-his-most-105201 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/what-narrators-immediate-purpose-writing-his-most-105201 Mon, 5 Oct 2009 17:15:42 PST <![CDATA[What is the narrator's "immediate purpose" in writing his "most wild yet...]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/what-narrators-immediate-purpose-writing-his-most-105201 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/what-narrators-immediate-purpose-writing-his-most-105201 Sun, 4 Oct 2009 20:07:54 PST <![CDATA[To answer this question, it helps to look really closely at the text,...]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/where-narrator-he-write-this-story-104025 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/where-narrator-he-write-this-story-104025 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:12:43 PST <![CDATA[In "The Black Cat" where is the narrator as he writes this story?]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/where-narrator-he-write-this-story-104025 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/where-narrator-he-write-this-story-104025 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:49:52 PST <![CDATA[The narrator's hatred for his black cat comes about over a period of...]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/why-does-narrator-come-hate-his-cats-much-support-102557 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/why-does-narrator-come-hate-his-cats-much-support-102557 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:45:32 PST <![CDATA[Early in the short story, the narrator says that his wife often...]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/what-did-narrators-wife-often-say-about-cat-that-102653 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/what-did-narrators-wife-often-say-about-cat-that-102653 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:15:38 PST <![CDATA[What did the narrator's wife often say about the cat that foreshadows...]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/what-did-narrators-wife-often-say-about-cat-that-102653 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/what-did-narrators-wife-often-say-about-cat-that-102653 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:42:19 PST <![CDATA[Why does the narrator come to hate his cats so much? Support you answer...]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/why-does-narrator-come-hate-his-cats-much-support-102557 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/why-does-narrator-come-hate-his-cats-much-support-102557 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:54:41 PST <![CDATA[Poe uses his typical unreliable narrator in "The Black Cat." Other Poe...]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/how-does-point-view-affect-story-why-first-person-102125 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/how-does-point-view-affect-story-why-first-person-102125 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:58:01 PST <![CDATA[How does the first person point of view in Poe's "The Black Cat" affect...]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/how-does-point-view-affect-story-why-first-person-102125 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/how-does-point-view-affect-story-why-first-person-102125 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:29:36 PST <![CDATA[Like many Poe stories, "The Black Cat" and "The Cask of Amontillado"...]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/comparison-similarities-black-cat-cask-amontillado-100189 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/comparison-similarities-black-cat-cask-amontillado-100189 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:24:07 PST <![CDATA[What similarities exist between ''The Black Cat'' and "The Cask of...]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/comparison-similarities-black-cat-cask-amontillado-100189 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/comparison-similarities-black-cat-cask-amontillado-100189 Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:30:44 PST <![CDATA[How can the narrator fill the role of the protagonist while serving as...]]> http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/how-can-narrator-fill-role-protagonist-while-97715 http://www.enotes.com/black-cat/q-and-a/how-can-narrator-fill-role-protagonist-while-97715 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:26:05 PST