The tone is set by the narrator, who can fall under the “unreliable narrator” trope, a trope that is also seen in Poe’s short story ‘ Tell-Tale Heart’. I thought the cats must have possessed the narrator, to a point that all the violence against the poor cats felt justified. I was horrified at the crooked working of the narrator’s mind, and yet I found myself also understanding his perspective. At first read, I found this story very disturbing. The tone in this short story interesting, and I would like to argue that the use of tone is the best literary device used in this story. Poe’s use of tone, narration-style, and symbols keeps the reader engulfed in the story, leaving it open to multiple thought-provoking interpretations. Elements of both Romanticism and Gothic movements are present in this short story, making ‘The Black Cat’ a prime example of Gothic Romantic literature. Poe is known to be part of the American Romantic movement, and is famous for his writings that incorporate mystery and macabre. ‘The Black Cat’ is a short story by the famous American poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe. The many interpretations of Poe’s “The Black Cat”, and an analysis of its narration style
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