The Black Cat
from Celebrate Creativity Hosted by George Bartley
Send us Fan Mail This episode has the ghost of Mr. Poe reading the complete version of the story, The Black Cat - setting the story up for a comparison of guilt and madness with The Tale Heart (in the following episode.) This episode with some observations by David Grantz regarding individual will in such stories as The Black Cat. What is the Black Dog Syndrome? What was the physical difference between the first and second black cats owned by the narrator? Why is narrator considered unreliable? How did the narrator kill his wife? Where was the second black cat when the police arrived? 00:00 Intro 02:12 Black cats in history and society 03:30 Background for The Black Cat 05:02 The Black Cat (story) 10:26 The spirit of perverseness 25:00 “The darkest and most evil of thoughts” 27:40 Walling up the victim 31:05 The police arrive 35:14 Summary 36:18 Future episode 37:00 Sources 37:44 Outro Support the show Thank you for experiencing Celebrate Creativity.
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Send us Fan Mail This episode has the ghost of Mr. Poe reading the complete version of the story, The Black Cat - setting the story up for a comparison of guilt and madness with The Tale Heart (in the following episode.) This episode with some observations by David Grantz regarding individual will in such stories as The Black Cat. What is the Black Dog Syndrome?What was the physical difference between the first and second black cats owned by the narrator?Why is narrator considered u...
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