Blackcat

The Black Cat

  • Exposition

    The narrator will die tomorrow, and wants to confess before he dies.
  • Exposition

    The narrator liked animals as a child and adult.
  • Rising action

    The narrator married a woman who also loves animals. They had a lot of pets. His favorite pet was a large black cat named Pluto.
  • Rising action

    The narrator began to have a drinking problem and mistreated his pets. He even cut out one of Pluto's eyes.
  • Climax

    He hanged the cat Pluto.
  • Falling action

    The house burned down.
  • Falling action

    He found a new black cat, like Pluto but with white on the breast. The new cat's white spot looked like a gallows.
  • Falling action

    He wanted to ax the cat, but his wife stopped him. He axed his wife and walled her body in the basement.
  • Falling action

    He looked for the cat, but could not find it.
  • Exposition

    Four days later, the police came to investigate him. He banged on the wall and the cat screamed. The police found the wife's body in the wall.

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