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The Effect of the Use of Irony on the
Progress of Poe's Short Story, "The Black Cat"

This Paper will interpret a short story, "The Black Cat", by Edgar
Allan Poe. My Purpose is to show the effect of the use of irony on the progress of the short story. I Suspect that use of irony in Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Black Cat," is one of the main points which allows the hidden character of the Narrator, and the truth of the situation to be revealed and helps the reader to comprehend the story better.
In Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Black Cat," the nameless narrator begins his horrifying tale by informing his readers that he
is about to relate a "series of mere household events" (FN1). He
then wonders if, in the future, when his morbid tale is discussed by others considering his case, they will find it to be "nothing more
than an ordinary succession of very natural causes and effects" (FN2).

Considering the terrible conclusion of the story, this......

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