Is The Black Cat Insane Or Insane

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The horror story “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe introduces us to an unreliable narrator who tells of the events happening in his household. In the story he kills his cat and his wife. He ends up confessing every detail of the murders to the court. His lawyers claim that he is insane so he will not be charged with the death penalty. The argument for this situation is if he is really insane or are they just saying that he is to avoid the consequences. The narrator is insane because he murdered his wife and cat. He claimed to have loved Pluto, which does not explain why he would kill it. “Pluto, this was the cat’s name—was my favorite pet and playmate. I alone fed him, and he attended me wherever I went about the house. It was even with

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