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The Black Cat By Edgar Allan Poe

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The short story “The Black Cat” written by Edgar Allan Poe meets the criteria for a gothic conflict well in the sense that it follows a specific moral, as well as the protagonist finds a form of success as the plot resolves itself. Quoting the protagonist, “I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others” (6). The moral of this work is don’t become addicted to alcohol and if you do, reach out and get the help you need. Alcohol, as well as any drug, has the potential to alter an individual's ability to reason and act appropriately, as it did for the main character of “The Black Cat”. As this story progressed, he got to the point in addiction where, “the immense hogsheads of Gin, or of Rum, constituted
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