The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe on virtual teacher ppt

Presentation of virtual teacher day based on ppt of topic the Black Cat

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A PRESENTED BY: KAVITA CHAUHAN
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Department of English MKBU.

2. About the Writer:-About the Writer:-
Edgar allan poe
(1809 -1849)
He was an American writer,poet, editor and
literary critic. who is best known for his poetry
and short stories particularly his tales involving
mystery and macabe.
Notable Work s
Poems
To Helen (1833)
The Raven(1845)
Annabel Lee (1849)
Short Stories
The Tell Tale Heart (1843)
The Black Cat (1843)
The Casks of Amontillado

3. • Introduction &
Overview of story:
Setting:-largely confined to the narrator's home.
Published: 1843
Genre:- gothic fiction
Point of view: first person
The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe is about a man who,
driven by guilt and madness, kills his beloved cat and later
his wife. Haunted by a second, eerie cat, his hidden crime is
exposed, leading to his downfall.

4. •Characters of Short•Characters of Short
story:story:
1. The Narrator 2. Pluto ( first black cat)
3. The second black cat
4. Narrator's Wife
5. Police inspector

5. The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe is a dark and eerie tale that delves
into the themes of guilt, madness, and the supernatural.
The story is narrated by an unnamed protagonist, who begins by
describing his love for animals, especially his pet cat, Pluto. However,
as the narrator succumbs to the effects of alcoholism, his personality
begins to change. He becomes increasingly irritable, violent, and
cruel, particularly towards Pluto, whom he eventually tortures and
kills in a fit of rage.
EXPLANATION OF STORY : 'THE BLACK
CAT'

6. After killing Pluto, the narrator's life spirals further into madness. His
house burns down, but strangely, the image of a cat with a noose
around its neck appears on the charred wall of his home, haunting
him. Soon after, he encounters a second black cat that resembles
Pluto, except for a white patch on its chest. This cat becomes a new
companion for the narrator, but as time goes on, it starts to fill him
with an overwhelming sense of dread and paranoia.
The story takes a darker turn when the narrator, once again
overcome by rage, tries to kill the second cat with an axe. His wife
intervenes, and in his fury, he kills her instead. To hide his crime, he
walls up her body in the cellar. The cat disappears, and the narrator
believes he has gotten away with his crime.

7. However, when the police arrive to investigate, they hear a loud,
inhuman wailing from behind the wall where the narrator had hidden
his wife's body. When the wall is torn down, the body is revealed,
along with the second black cat, which had been accidentally sealed
inside with the corpse. The story ends with the narrator's horrified
realization that his attempt to conceal his guilt has instead exposed
it, leading to his inevitable downfall

8. Refferences:-
Barzun, Jacques , Cestre, Charles and Mabbott, Thomas Ollive. "Edgar Allan Poe". Encyclopedia
Britannica, 30 Jul. 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edgar-Allan-Poe. Accessed 3
September 2024.
Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "The Black Cat". Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 May.
2024, https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Black-Cat-short-story-by-Poe. Accessed 3
September 2024.