"The Black Cat"
Q: What caused Poe to have a problem with Pluto?
A: Poe never had a problem until his old age started catching up to him, and started drinking alcohol. He then stated "... even Pluto began to experience the effects of my ill temper."
Q: Why does Poe end up killing his innocent wife?
A: After Pluto is killed by Poe, he finds another cat that is similar in color and shape to Pluto. He is missing one of his eyes, just like Pluto was right before Poe killed him. This reminded Poe of Pluto, so he decided to kill the cat with an axe. When his wife stepped in and tried to stop him from killing the cat, Poe slices her head with the axe, and he says, "She fell dead upon the spot, without a groan."
Q: Would something like this happen in the world today?
A: Yes, alcohol has overcame the world. He even admits in the story, "The disease grew upon me -- for what disease is like Alcohol!" For not all people will it effect them this way, but some it will. Alcohol is what caused all of the tragedy in "The Black Cat", and in the world today, drugs and alcohol can do the same things and cause people to kill their animals, but it will be more common for them to kill someone that has caused them hatred or someone that they are in a disagreement with.
Q: How did tragedy effect innocent people & how will it continue to do so?
A: This tragedy effected Poe's wife. Poe says in the story, "The moodiness of my usual temper increased to hatred of all things and of all mankind; while, from the sudden, frequent, and ungovernable outbursts of a fury to which I now blindly abandoned myself, my uncomplaining wife, alas!", even if it was an accident, he did state that she was uncomplaining, which tells the readers that she was innocent. Continuing on in the world, it's going to be the same, if not get worse. It will effect innocent people more and more because there are so many people that have gone crazy, or are using alcohol to make them "feel better", but in reality, it's making them go crazy, and cause harm to innocent people.
Q: Did Poe feel any sympathy towards his wife or feel bad about what he had done?
A: He had little to none according to the statement in the story, "I soundly and tranquilly slept; aye, slept even with the burden of murder upon my soul!"
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