In Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Black Cat," symbolism is uses to show the narrator’s ability for violence, madness, and guilt. The ability for violence and fear lies within everybody, no matter how docile and humane our nature might act. In this story, the narrator shows a man who is fond of animals, has a loving heart, and is happily married. Within several years of his marriage, his general personality and character make a thorough change for the worse. He grows moodier, more bad-tempered, and unkind of the feelings of others. The changes for the worse causes by alcohol, ends in the narrator’s waiting on death row for the murder of his wife. The symbolism of the first black cat (Pluto), the second black cat, and the white spot explain the narrator’s expanding ability for evil and perverseness. In “The Black Cat,” is the prime example of innocent archetype. The most important symbol of the story is the first black cat. The first black cat is symbolic of the narrator’s evil heart and there are many ways one can prove this. Black cat one starts out in the story as the narrator’s favorite pet and playmate named Pluto, which is the name of the God of the Underworld. And one night, after returning home much intoxicated the narrator’s love for the pet seem to fade away. That night in which the narrator is drunk, Pluto dodges him. The worries of the narrator to the point where he would pick up the cat and upset it. Afraid of his master, the cat somewhat wounded the narrator on the hand with his teeth. Because of the cat’s reaction to his picking him up, the narrator pokes out one of the cat’s eye. The eye of the cat, which is poked out, by the narrator is symbolic of the narrator not wanting the cat to get a clear perception of his evil heart. Then suddenly on one morning the narrator hangs Pluto by a noose from a tree. The hanging of the first black cat is symbolic of the narrator’s not being able to except love. And fina