Part one of term paper
In his story "The Black Cat," Edgar Allan Poe dramatizes his experience with madness, and challenges the readers suspension of disbelief by using imagery in describing the plot and characters. Poe uses foreshadowing to describe the scenes of sanity versus insanity. He writes “for the most wild yet homely narrative which I am about to pen, ...

Part two of term paper
... describes his affectionate temperament of his character when he writes “my tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me the jest of my companions”(80). He also characterizes his animal friends as "unselfish" and their love as “self-sacrificing” illustrating to the readers his devotion to them for their companionship. The author uses foreshadowing in the statement “we had birds, goldfish, a fine dog, a rabbit, a small monkey, and a cat”(80). The use of italics hints t ...