The Fate Of The Cat Essay

“Not all that glisters gold,” Gray surmised in his poem, Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat. While the term is widely understood now as meaning that not everything is precious, there is evidence to suggest that there is a more cautionary tone which surrounds this saying. As Gray uses it to lament the death of Horace Walpole’s favorite cat, when the text is analyzed further, aspects of the mock epic are revealed. However this usage of the mock epic is less humorous in tone and more as a vehicle to

In Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, the fate of the family is foreshadowed within the very first few paragraphs. The grandmother in the story tries to convince the family that going to Tennessee would be much more suitable for the family vacation not only because had the children been to Florida before, but there is a criminal who has escaped from federal prison and is headed that way (1076). She tries to inform her son, Bailey, and his wife of the convict who claims

investing things with a symbolic meaning or character. In Poe’s works such as “The Black Cat” and “The Cask Of Amontillado” Edgar illustrates the mental state of his characters through the use of symbolism. In the story “The Black Cat” the narrator’s psychological state is portrayed through the signs or symbols of the white fur, the cat, its eye, and the wall. In the second story, “The Cask Of Amontillado” irony of fate and identity is signified

to portray the type of mood the author is portraying to the reader. Examples of this are exemplified in: “The Devil and Tom Walker” by: Washington Irving, “The Feather Pillow” by: Horacio Quiroga, “A Rose for Emily” by: William Faulkner, “The Black Cat” by: Edgar Allan Poe, “Prey” by: Richard Matheson, and “The Raven” by: Edgar Allan Poe. These stories, specifically, are significant because they utilize ambiguity and entrapment, both primary elements commonly used in this type of literature. Authors

The first element of cosmic irony is fate, and fate has a role in book nine of The Odyssey. It typically involves a powerful deity (or something fate itself) with the ability and desire to manipulate or even control events in a character’s life. Fate is demonstrated from many characters. An example of fate is when Odysseus, son of Laertes, blinds Polyphemus, one of the cyclops, after Telemus, Eurymus’ son, tells Polyphemus this. “Oh no, no-that prophecy years ago . . ./it all comes home to me

sympathy and love: There I had fixed Mine eyes till now, and pined with vain desire, Had not a voice thus warned me; 'What thou seest, What there thou seest, fair Creature, is thyself [.] (www.byrosons.net, Book IV, 460-468) Both Eve and the female cat narcissistically become fascinated with their own reflections, allowing themselves to become blinded from their unfortunate destinies, which lead them to their own demise and self destruction. Another stereotypical assumption of women is that they contain

The Cat and his Master Puss in Boots is a strange little folk tale in which a talking cat performs deeds of heroism in order to further his master's lot in life. It is saddled with a moral which implies that through hard work and ingenuity one can rise above his station. This hardly seems to be the case, however, when we look at the contributions made by the miller's youngest son and master of the puss himself. Furthermore, the symbolism peppered throughout the tale would seem to indicate that

Lauren McFadden ENG 1013 Lindsay Penn 05 February 2013 Vivid Imagery of “The Black Cat”   The use of vivid imagery in “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most fascinating aspects of this story to me. Poe shapes the mood of suspense using language, symbols, and the supernatural in such a dark and intriguing way. These three things create a sense of foreshadowing, which helps set the stage for the reader and navigates the path from one shocking event to the next. Poe’s

Because Baba Yaga’s fate seems to be determined by her not respecting the natural world, reading up to this point in the fairytale makes it seem like people’s fate is dictated by religion. However, the author then decides to include Baba Yaga’s negligence towards her inanimate metal gate as another influencer in her fate. The gate explains to Baba Yaga, “‘I have served you so long, and you have not even poured water on

virtue. Thomas Gray, in his “Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat Drowned in a Tub of Goldfishes”, pokes satiric fun at the use of the ode while simultaneously constructing a cautionary moral about materialism. Crafting the story of the archetypal tragic hero, the poet idolizes the muse of his piece only to watch her collapse into the inevitable fate of her flaws. Gray’s tone begins quite reverent and melodramatic, building up the beloved cat, then later shifts to a satiric and cautionary tone, warning