The Black Cat (short story)
How is "The Black Cat" an allegory about writing? What does the anxiety of the narrator indicate about his writing?
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By making the man the writer of his own story, Poe creates a doppelganger or double of himself. The writer creates characters which copy his own darker fears and motivations. The writer's alcoholism combined with his inability to create on demand become a macabre parody of the author himself.