The Black Cat - Leah, Paige, Tammy, Maddy, Alyssa, Nicole

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Literary Devices Element and Quote Impact on Mood Metaphor- “I took from my waistcoatpocket a pen-knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat, and deliberately cut one of its eyes from the socket! (Page 2)” Alliteration- “In their consequences, these events have terrified —have tortured —have destroyed me. (Page 2)” Internal Rhyme- “The monster, in terror, had fled the premises forever! (Page 7)” Repetition- “I grew, day by day, more moody, more irritable, more regardless of the feelings of others. (Page 3)” Grim Humor- “Again, I deliberated about…packing it in a box, as if merchandize…(Page 6)” Subjects of Horror and Supernatural- “…a wailing shriek, half of horror and half of triumph, such as might have arisen only out of hell, conjointly from the throats of the damned in their agony and of the demons that exult in the damnation.(Page 9)” This metaphor impacts the mood of the story by creating a grim feeling around the black cat, Pluto. Pluto is a main character throughout the entire story so when you better understand how the man feels about him, your mood on the book changes. The grim feeling also continues since the “poor beast” is missing an eye and whenever the cat comes up you think of that. The alliteration used in this sentence gives you a bigger impact by being used more often. This makes the mood more chilling and frightening for Poe emphasizes how miserable the consequences were for what he is going to tell you have happened. You feel the thrill from the emphasis. This exclamation gives the reader a relieved feeling knowing the problem has left the story which had been causing the major tension. The internal rhyming just adds a flare of Poe’s taste. A horrific and tense mood is formed by this phrase. The repetition that is used makes you fear for the future because you hear the building up of irritability which may lead to a deadly snap. Poe uses grim humor in a dark and evil way to make you intrigued but against the main character for his rude and cruel joking. This moment in the story makes the mood bloodcurdling and horrendous. Poe gives you the idea of shrieks from demons and not many things would scare a person more. You are truly transported into the story for this one instance because of the deadly connection.
Mood and Tone Continued • Atrocity: state of something being brutal or cruel  • Unfathomable: cannot be understood  • Pestilence: epidemic disease  • Perverseness: turned away or rejecting what is right, proper, or good; wicked or corrupt.  • Phantasm: a creation of the imagination or fancy; fantasy  • Words such as atrocity, perverseness, or phantasm create the mood and tone in a story. In the short story: The Black Cat, Edgar Allen Poe presents his writing to be mysterious and weary. Many of his pieces of writing reflect off of his life, which included much sorrow and loss of loved ones. • Both the tone and mood creates the “feel” for the reader of what the author is trying to say. Poe’s characteristic can be seen from the short story: The Back Cat, through the tones and moods. • Literary devices also help create the mood and tone in a work of literature. They help make stories powerful and meaningful to the audience. Literary devices also help transform the moods to have a larger "effect" on the reader.
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