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On the Role of the Black Cat in the Black Cat Abstract Edgar Allen Poe is an important American novelist, poet and critic in the nineteenth century. His large number of poems and short stories have been widely read and spread, especially his gothic stories with mystery and horror. In one of his classics, the black cat, poe is skilled at mobilizing various elements in the fiction, using a variety of creative devices, to create a strong artistic effect. One of the most sophisticated ways in it is his employment of the selection of the image of the black cat, which is of significance for the study of the symbolism, offering an valuable opportunity to appreciate the horror effect, also contributing to a good understanding of the theme of the story. My essay aims at exploring these roles of the black cat and finding out how does it come into developing. Key Words: Edgar Allen Poe, symbol, horror effect, theme Introduction It is truly proper to say that Edgar Allen Poe(1809-1849) was the most controversial and most misunderstood genius in American literary history. Nowadays, he is considered as one of the first modern literary theorists of America and praised as a genius for his brilliant works. However, at his times his works and himself were not fairly and objectively accepted and treated, criticized and despised by the temporary men of letters because of his eccentric literary style. Allen poe died young, but he suffered a lot from the deaths of his beloved ones and malicious attacks. Maybe, it is just his life tragedy that contributes to his unique aesthetic experience and writing principles, with which he wrote a large number of poems and short stories about death and horror. Among the short stories, it will be convenient to divide them into the broad types: horror tales, tales of ratiocination,and tales of satire. The horror tales are the majority of all his short stories, also on which his reputation relies. His horror tales are of a special texture, not becau