Friday, August 21, 2009

The Black Cat Vocab DQs

Vocabulary for The Black Cat, by Edgar Allan Poe

Vocabulary Definitions

1. Solicit: (V) -to seek for (something) by earnest or respectful request, formal application, etc.

I told my mom I was soliciting for those new shoes, I told her very resoectfully.

2. Mad: (Adj) -mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.

I got very mad when the girl hit my sister.

3. Succinct: (Adj) -expressed in few words; concise; terse.

The succint old lady loves expressing her feelings.

4. Phantasm: (N) -an illusory likeness of something.

When you phantasm you have a illusory likness of something.

5. Docile: (Adj) -easily managed or handled.

the docile bed was very light.

6. Disposition: (N) -the predominant or prevailing tendency of one's spirits; natural mental and emotional outlook or mood; characteristic attitude.

her disposition is always very rude towards people.

7. Sagacious: (Adj) -having or showing keen discernment, and sound judgment.

The sagacious young lady always had a rude sound of judgment.

8. Paltry: (Adj) -lacking in importance or worth; trivial.

The paltry kids was in need for alot of things.

9. Gossamer: (N) -something delicate, light, or flimsy.

Don't drop that its very gossamer and that lamp is important tp me.

10. Fidelity: (N) -faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances.

The fidelity church members are very faithfull to their duties in the church.

11. Procure: (V) -to get by special effort; obtain or acquire.

She did a procure by feeding the hungry people.

12. Allusion: (N) -the act of alluding; indirect reference:

The Odyesses is a pefect story of allusion.

13. Intemperance: (N) -excessive use of alcoholic beverages.

The intemperance is a very bad thing to have it mess up your mind and its a sin.

14. Maltreat: (V) -to treat in a rough or cruel way; abuse.

The man maltreated the animals beasue of his anger.

15. Scruple: (N) -a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.

The scruple of the story was to treat others the way you want to be treated.

16. Malevolence: (N) -ill will; malice; hatred.

Her malevolence ways made people dislike her.

17. Atrocity: (N) -the quality of being extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal.

The atrocity man was abusete to the animlas.

18. Debauch: (N) -a period of wanton self-indulgence, an excessive party which includes consumption of alcohol.

The debauch was crashed by the police everybody went to jail.

19. Sentiment: (N) -a mental feeling; emotion.

The sentiment came out of me when she died.

20. Remorse: (N) -deep and painful regret for wrongdoing.

her remorsed when he killed the cat

Discussion Questions for The Black Cat, by Edgar Allan Poe

Discussion Questions (Each question should be answered in a paragraph with emphasis on your personal opinion and interpretation wherever applicable.)

  1. Discuss the significance of the following quote: “There is something unselfish and self-sacrificing love of a brute, which goes directly to the heart of him who has had frequent occasion to test the paltry friendship and gossamer fidelity of man.”

this quote to me means there is a person who is sacrificcing people that love him, beacuse they don't know what ral love is, and it goes and touches that person heart to test the heart of a real man.

  1. What is the significance of the cat’s name, Pluto?

The cat's anme is pluto becasue he is a black cat

  1. Why did the narrator initially restrain himself from maltreating the cat while maltreating other animals?

The cat was with the charcter longer and really did love him. The charcter didn't believe that anyone loved him, and when he acutalluy knew someone did, he maltreated them. the other animals really didn't care form him that much.

  1. Why does he eventually mistreat the cat?

He mistreated the cat becasue he was intemperance and the cat was always around when he was that way.

  1. Describe the narrator’s feelings after abusing the cat. Why is that significant?

When the charcter beat the first cat it was just a moment of remorse. the charcter really didn't care and it didn't mean alot to him.

  1. How does the narrator define “perverseness”? Do you agree with his definition? Do you agree that it is human nature?

Something he grew from, that he was raised around, No,No

  1. Discuss the significance of the following quote: “[I] hung it because I knew that it had loved me, and because I felt it had given me no reason of offense; because I knew that in doing so I was committing a sin.”

This quote is saying he had no feelings for oeple or things that loved him and he felt he had nothing else to do with his life.

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