The short story may give a subtle view at Poe's fight with the disease and the disease's eventual triumph. Edgar Allen Poe has been accused of being an alcoholic throughout his life and it may have actually lead up to the cause of his death. The black cat symbolizes the narrator's or Poe's alcoholism. The black cat itself represents not only a hidden meaning but a meaning the narrator wished to keep hidden. It certainly contains all the ingredients necessary to satisfy the appetite of any Poe enthusiast – an enigmatic narrator, alcohol, mutilation, strangulation, murder, and, last but not least, one of Poe's slight obsessions, perversity In the story, The Black Cat, there is a lot of symbolism regarding hidden attributes of his life. 'The Black Cat' is a story that leaves the reader perplexed to some extent.
First of all, let us go into the world of “ The Black Cat” and delve into the inner workings of the dark side of the human mind.
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