"the black cat" by edgar allan poe

1. what is the main character's internal and external conflicts? explain.
2. is the narrator same or insane?
3. what is poe's purpose in writing this story?
4. what is the theme?
5. which two overlapping characteristics of the southern gothic genre are featured in this story?
6. how is the southern gothic genre related to the author's purpose and the theme of the text?

After reading this excerpt, darren makes a text-to-text connection. which example is a text-to-text connection?

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile

Decide whether each quality belongs to odysseus, the cyclops, or both. then, sort the qualities into the correct categories