Literary Analysis: The Black Cat In The Black Cat, Edgar Allan Poe uses many different types of figurative language to put images into the readers minds. There were many things that led Poe to being an author at a young age. Poe’s imaginative storytelling and tales of mystery are what gave him the idea of writing horror stories. He was influenced to write one of his most famous writings, The Raven, because it was beloved pet of the writer, Charles Dickens. The Black Cat is what made the poem so popular and it still is to this day. There were many different settings for The Black Cat. I feel like the most descriptive place through the short story was the house. It builds the beginning of the story kind of scary because it all happened in his home and in his basement where the cellar is. After the house burns down, the cellar appears. This element of horror is what brought the story all together. …show more content…
Poe used suspense in the beginning of the story because after the fire took place in his home, there was a dark cellar, perfect for a concealing body. The mystery of the ghost led the reader to believe that the narrator has not seen the last of Pluto. Also, the narrator gets described as violent and a drunk who beats his wife, which leads to his wife’s murder. This leads up to suspense because the reader can guess what is going to happen throughout the story. The situational irony is involving a situation in which actions have an effect that is opposite from what was intended, so that the outcome is contrary to what was expected. In the story, there