In Edgar Allen Poe's short story The Black Cat he uses a lot of symbolism. For example a few pieces of symbolism are the first black cat, the second black cat, and the white spot on the cat, and not to mention so many others.
The first black cat in the story is very important. It symbolizes the main character and the way he really is. At first he is very caring and friendly. He cares vey much about others around him. The first black cat also symbolizes the character and the way he is changing and what his consequences are at the end of the story.
The second cat could symbolize the way that the character feels afte the changes (caused by alcohol) affect him. One feeling is that the character feels guilty because of what he has done. He became and alcoholic and he became moodier which led him to acting different. He became very irritable, which led to him killing the first cat. The second cat had a white spot on him which the first cat did not have, this is another piece of symbolism from the story.
The white spot symbolizes the growing character and how he is changing. He becomes an alcoholic which changes a lot of his personality traits. He becomes very irritable, this causes him to take on some of the actions he did. He also becomes very moody.
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