Saturday, October 5, 2013
Black cats
I've never quite understood why the main character in Poe's The Black Cat expressed such cruelty toward the cat he so cherished. Perhaps this story is symbolic of our destructive nature toward what we love the most. This, of all his writings, has brought me to look reevaluate my own understanding of how affection, especially that expressed by a cherished pet, can bring a person back from the brink of insanity.
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Well as you know black cats are traditionally known or at least believed to bring bad luck to those whom a black cat walks in front of so it might be symbolic of our destructive nature toward what we love the most as you said. Maybe he loved the cat but at the same time resented it for what he was going thru due to the superstition that the black cat brings to the table. I personally don't believe in superstitions. I think of them as a form of entertainment that people came up with as a way to "explain" why things are happening when at the end of the day it's just pure conquincidence.
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