100 points for correct answer and I'll give brainiest!! What effect does a first-person narrator have on the reader in the short story “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allen Poe? Use evidence from the text to support your response. Your response should be one to two complete paragraphs.

"The monster, in terror, had fled the premises for ever! I should behold it no more! My happiness was supreme! The guilt of my dark deed disturbed me but little."

Explanation:

                In my opinion Poe's use of a first person narrator made "The Black Cat" much more interesting to read. To me it's more interesting because when the first person point of view is used it gives the  illusion that you're actually there and apart of the story experiencing what the protagonist is experiencing.  In this story, you get the chance to see through the eyes of a mad man and walk in his shoes. Certain scenes and details can be seen in a more vivid image in your mind when you use first person, while it also comes with its downsides. For example, in first person you never really know what's going to happen next where as with third person omniscient you get the chance to be all seeing and all knowing. An example of a scene which was better experienced in first person to experience was when he started to mistreat his pets after he got a drinking problem, not only is it interesting to see from the eyes of an alcoholic and a not so good but more gruesome experience would be when he cut out one of Pluto's eyes. Another scene that would've seemed nice to experience would be when he found a new black cat that reminded him of Pluto. It would be nice to feel and know what emotions he was feeling first hand when he saw that cat. And lastly, the first person point of view makes the scene of him axing his wife and hiding her away way more interesting, because people never experience something like that.

Explanation:

1.   in sonnet 18, the speaker wants to describe the beauty of his love, but can’t find the words to do so. the speaker says “then in mid-utterance the lay was lost” when he tries to think of the words to describe his love’s beauty.   through his defeat of finding words to describe his love, he shows his love for her.

2.   instead of describing how perfect his love is or comparing her to other beautiful things, he says she is average and there is nothing special about her.   at the last 2 lines of the poem, the volta changes the poem by saying that even though his love is average in beauty, his love for her is special and unique. so instead of praising her throughout the whole poem, he contrasts her average characteristics with his special love for her.

3.   the beloved asked the speaker to describe how he feels about her. she begins to describe what she feels but "drop the torch" and says that she can't do it because the words "hid in me out of reach." the the speaker says "nay, let the silence of my womanhood command my woman-love to thy belief" and that her silence will have to be the answer to his question.