Question

Which event is part of the complicating incident of "The Black Cat"? Question 1 options: a) When the narrator discusses how happy he was about marrying his wife b) When the man returns home drunk, only to be scratched by the cat, which angered the man c) When the narrator discusses how he placed his cat in a wall of his house d) When the man discusses the return of the cat that he thought he had placed inside a wall of his house.

Answer 1

Answer: This event is part of the complicating incident of "The Black Cat":

• When the narrator discusses how he placed his cat in a wall of his house.

Step-by-step explanation:

The black cat is a horror story by writer Edgar Allan Poe in 1843.

The narrator is fighting against alcoholism that leads him to act violently against his wife and pets. After hurting his cat, he feels guilt which ends up becoming anger and forces him to hang it. Guilt and anger remain obstacles that cannot be overcome.

A couple have a peaceful life with their pets, until the young man begins to get carried away by the drink. The alcohol makes him irascible and in one of his accesses of fury, he takes the eye off the black cat and after ends the life of the cat by hanging him on a rope attached to a wall. After a fire ,a second cat appears on the scene and the protagonist attacks the new cat ,his wife protects it and the two end up bloody, and the protagonist puts the woman and the cat on a wall. After several months, the authorities discover him and take the protagonist to kill him, he writes this story before his death.