Slideshow - The Black Cat

The Black Cat

• A short story penned by Edgar Allen Poe,
• An oral presentation spoken by Grace Dwyer
• 2015 - Term Four, Semester Two -- 9D English Class

The Setting of The Black Cat

• Though many of Poe's story are greatly detailed in the descriptions of each setting, for the duration of "The Black Cat", the physical description is rather vague.
• However, this could be due to each setting abiding by more of a metaphoric and almost spiritual sense of being.
• The setting, or lack thereof, also implies the covert theme of "Freedom vs Confinement"
• Besides the original house, a cellar is also penned - another device in which represents the mental confinement the narrator feels.
• He builds both literal and metaphoric walls - as well as destroying them.
• The original house becomes a death trap - for all of the narrators animals.
• Finally, the cellar where the dismembered body lay is arguably the most confining space of all.
• Again, this reflects the