The Black Cat

Summary

«The Black Cat» is a story about a man who was kind and loved animals since childhood. However, after he began abusing alcohol, his character changed. He became cruel and aggressive, especially towards his beloved cat, Pluto. In a fit of rage, he gouged out the cat's eye and later hanged it from a tree. After this, a second cat, resembling Pluto but with a white spot on its chest, appears in the protagonist's home. Gradually, the protagonist begins to hate this cat as well. Eventually, in a fit of anger, he tries to kill the cat but accidentally kills his wife. To hide the crime, he walls up her body in the basement. However, when the police come to search, the protagonist, confident in his impunity, taps on the wall behind which the body is hidden. In response, a terrifying scream is heard, and the police discover the wife's body, with the second cat beside it, revealing the crime.