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  How does "The Black Cat" relate to Edgar Allan Poe's life?

  Posted by elmolover564 on Nov 16, 2009 at 07:57 PM

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  In "The Black Cat," in retrospect, why are the narrator's childhood experiences ironic?

  Posted by casarnold on Nov 15, 2009 at 12:58 PM

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  In "The Black Cat" what allows the narrator to rest peacefully following the disposal of his wife's body?

  Posted by casarnold on Nov 15, 2009 at 12:56 PM

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  In "The Black Cat" what earlier mention of violence foreshadows what the narrator does to his wife?

  Posted by casarnold on Nov 13, 2009 at 07:09 AM

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  What does the narrator say is the reason why he is abusive in Poe's "The Black Cat"?

  Posted by casarnold on Nov 13, 2009 at 05:35 AM

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  What is the significance of the fire in Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Black Cat"? There's a symbolic phenomenon that I don't seem to understand.

  Posted by chaska on Oct 28, 2009 at 01:01 PM

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  What are the differences and similarities between "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe?  

  Posted by lol1234 on Oct 26, 2009 at 07:12 PM

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  In "The Black Cat" By Edgar allen poe. How does Plot, character, point of view, setting, and style support the authors THEME?

  Posted by dan3 on Oct 13, 2009 at 06:37 PM

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  What is the narrator's "immediate purpose" in writing his "most wild yet most homely narrative"?

  Posted by teeney12 on Oct 4, 2009 at 08:07 PM

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  In "The Black Cat" where is the narrator as he writes this story?

  Posted by lisaloveyuu on Sep 28, 2009 at 10:49 PM

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  What did the narrator's wife often say about the cat that foreshadows what will later happen in the story ?

  Posted by cuhhrystal on Sep 21, 2009 at 10:42 PM

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  Why does the narrator come to hate his cats so much? Support you answer with evidence from the text.

  Posted by spacegrl12 on Sep 21, 2009 at 03:54 PM

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  How does the first person point of view in Poe's "The Black Cat" affect the mood of the story?

  Posted by agya on Sep 19, 2009 at 11:29 AM

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  What similarities exist between ''The Black Cat'' and "The Cask of Amontillado"?  

  Posted by keikei on Sep 8, 2009 at 03:30 PM

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  How can the narrator fill the role of the protagonist while serving as his own antagonist in the story?

  Posted by bwags91314 on Aug 25, 2009 at 07:26 AM

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  How do gothic elements in "The Black Cat" by E. A. Poe make a representation of the genre and why?

  Posted by kim812 on Jul 3, 2009 at 11:17 PM

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  What are gothic elements in "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe? Cite them.

  Posted by kim812 on Jul 3, 2009 at 12:46 PM

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  What is the setting of "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe?

  Posted by xero88 on Mar 11, 2009 at 06:13 PM

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  In the short story "The Black Cat", why is the cat found in the wife's tomb?

  Posted by moe75 on Feb 20, 2009 at 12:11 PM

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  In "The Black Cat" why did the narrator initially restrain himself from maltreating the cat while maltreating the other animals?

  Posted by torres17 on Jan 20, 2009 at 03:11 PM

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  How does the setting in both "The Black Cat" and "The Tell-Tale Heart" create suspense? (gothic imagery)

  Posted by p-d on Dec 13, 2008 at 04:51 AM

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  How do the diction, irony, and suspense affect the short story "The Black Cat"?

  Posted by paulina04 on Dec 10, 2008 at 06:19 PM

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  How does the perspective and style of "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe compare to that the Romantic period in American literature?

  Posted by alaskagirl907 on Dec 3, 2008 at 07:59 PM

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  How did the husband kill the wife and were did he hide the body?

  Posted by nikki210 on Nov 18, 2008 at 09:22 AM

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  In "The Black Cat", what did the second cat (with the patch on his neck) remind the narrator about?

  Posted by lazy-boy on Nov 13, 2008 at 09:51 AM

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  What is the significance of having a cat other than the black cat in the story?

  Posted by zahraamousawe on Nov 12, 2008 at 04:47 AM

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  In the story "The Black Cat" what is the male narrator's name?

  Posted by hearts on Nov 4, 2008 at 02:17 PM

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  Who is the protagonist in "The Black Cat," and who is the antagonist? Explain.

  Posted by hearts on Oct 30, 2008 at 03:59 PM

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  Can you give me indications of unreliable narration throughout "The Black Cat"?

  Posted by farzanb on Sep 7, 2008 at 01:44 AM

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  What is the setting of 'The Black Cat'?

  Posted by faaaauzan on Sep 6, 2008 at 06:01 PM

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  I want to know more about the characteristics in "The Black Cat".

  Posted by ruazmatun on Sep 1, 2008 at 05:46 AM

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  How does Poe make us question the reliability of the narrator in his story "The Black Cat"?

  Posted by farzanb on Aug 28, 2008 at 07:56 AM

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  What is the symbol and irony in the story "The Black Cat" and how is it being used in the story? 

  Posted by literature08 on Apr 20, 2008 at 01:55 PM

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  In the short story "The Black Cat", does the story come out of the action or of the word?

  Posted by rozzzzzzzze on Mar 23, 2008 at 02:44 AM

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  Is the main character in "The Black Cat" mentally ill?

  Posted by lindsayrana on Mar 4, 2008 at 07:53 PM

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  What is the central irony of this story? How does this irony relate to the crime? 

  Posted by dadik on Nov 14, 2007 at 11:30 AM

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  Describe the way that Pluto treated the narrator after he did what he did to him.

  Posted by ribery22 on Nov 12, 2007 at 09:20 PM

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  Describe what the narrator did to Pluto that cost him an eye and why the narrator did it.

  Posted by ribery22 on Nov 11, 2007 at 09:16 PM

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  The narrator tells this story long after it happened. Where is he when he tells it?

  Posted by ribery22 on Nov 10, 2007 at 09:08 AM

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  What is the rising action in the story,  "Black Cat?"

  Posted by john588 on Oct 26, 2007 at 07:58 AM

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  What are the themes in the black cat?

  Posted by rschantz on Oct 24, 2007 at 08:06 AM

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  What personal trait enables the protagonist in Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat to live?

  Posted by kesheia on Feb 12, 2007 at 05:33 PM