Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this story. Read the excerpt from “The Black Cat.” I took from my waistcoat-pocket a pen- knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat, and deliberately cut one of its eyes from the socket! I blush, I burn, I shudder, while I pen the d*mnable atrocity. How does the first-person point of view affect the meaning of the text? Readers get an inside perspective on how the narrator feels about all of his pets. Readers learn the narrator's excuse for his cruel behavior. Readers learn about the narrator's behavior, but not his emotions. Readers gain insight into the narrator's shame after he cuts the cat’s eye 50 pts

Who is the speaker? read the quotations and answer the questions for each quote. quotation analysis "those who labor in the earth are the chosen people of " what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 2. "all communities divide themselves into the few and the many. the first are rich and well born, the other the mass of the people…" what is the main idea of the quotation? they divided the people in between rich and poor who do you think is the speaker? hamilton what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? federalists believed that the country should be ruled by the by the best people 3. "laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker? 4. "a fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired." what is the main idea of the quotation? who do you think is the speaker? what evidence from the background reading leads you to the conclusion about the speaker?

How does tiresias prophecy affect the plot of the story ?

What pilgrim is portrayed as immoral and avaricious in the canturbury tales?