A man who describes himself as a docile youth with a love of animals, yet it is clear from the beginning of the story that the narrator is telling his story from prison. The duality of his personality, passionate but temperamental becomes clearer and clearer as he loses patience with his loved ones and commits horrific acts of violence. His guilt affects him hugely, as does his paranoia, superstition and, like many of Poe’s characters, vices like alcohol and opium. In the end, his crimes haunt and condemn him to the gallows, just as he feared.
Narrator (The Black Cat) Quotes in Poe's Stories
The Poe's Stories quotes below are all either spoken by Narrator (The Black Cat) or refer to Narrator (The Black Cat). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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The Black CatQuotes
I took from my waistcoat-pocket a pen-knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat, and deliberately cut one of its eyes from the socket! I blush, I burn, I shudder, while I pen the damnable atrocity.
Related Characters:Narrator (The Black Cat) (speaker), The Black Cat (speaker)
Related Symbols:Eyes
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Page Number and Citation:194
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Narrator (The Black Cat) Quotes in Poe's Stories
The Poe's Stories quotes below are all either spoken by Narrator (The Black Cat) or refer to Narrator (The Black Cat). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
The Black CatQuotes
I took from my waistcoat-pocket a pen-knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat, and deliberately cut one of its eyes from the socket! I blush, I burn, I shudder, while I pen the damnable atrocity.
Related Characters:Narrator (The Black Cat) (speaker), The Black Cat (speaker)
Related Symbols:Eyes
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:194
Explanation and Analysis:
