Edgar Allan Poe never ceases to amaze me in the craziness of his stories. His spooky, sick ways have always put a haunt in me from the first time I read one of his stories as a child for school. He seemed to live a dark dreary sadistic life.
This was proven yet again in his “The Black Cat”. When I told some of the ladies about this story and how he poked his cat’s eyes out then hung it they all cringed with disgust. So did I when I read it and my mouth dropped open. The imagines immediately popped into my head even though I wished they would not have.
It’s kind of scary to think, even if it’s just imagination that someone’s mind could think that way and come up with stories or even movies that are so gruesome and full of torture and death. I could only imagine what our society would be if laws were not put into place and people were allowed to do what they wanted to do. Thankfully they are and even though that does not stop all of the horrible acts that take place it does help lessen them.
I am also thankful that my mind does not see those things as ok and hope I never do feel that it is ok. The man in the story had once lived a normal life until he was afflicted with his alcohol problem. Then he became a demon with rage and fury. The mind can be altered at any moment from many different sources but even if you realize it you cannot stop the thoughts and actions you take.
It’s scary and you should always assume that anyone is capable of bad things and never underestimate.
I agree with you, his stories are very dark and morbid. I remember watching a cartoon of his story about 'The Beating Heart' (?), and being mortified and having nightmares for months - I was nine at that time. He has this ability to probe human kind's dark and primal side.
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