1. Author’s name: Edgar Allan Poe
2. Notes on the author, his life and time:
3. Title: Black Cat
4. Published by: Mystic Press, London
Date of publication: 1987
Number of pages: 10, hardback
Part of series of matching novels: no
5. Genre:
A: short-story
B: thriller
C: Account for the choices made under 5A+5B:
5A: The Black Cat is definitely a short story, because of number of it’s pages.
5B: I chose thriller because the story is very thrilling. 6. Structure of the work
a) division into:
b) itroduction:
social setting:
geographical setting:
historical setting:
c) initial incident:
Pokazený alkoholom, muž týra svoje zvieratá. Svojmu obľúbenému kocúrovi Plutovi, v alkoholovom opojení vylúpne oko z jamky. Alkoholizmus spôsobí, že ho posadne zvrátenosť. Pod jej vplyvom ho obesí na strom. Neskôr v krčme nájde daľšieho kocúra a ten bude spôsobovať veľa nepríjemností, až ho úplne zničí.
Spoilt by alcohol, man maltreats his pets. He cuts eye of his favorite cat Pluto in intoxication. Alcoholism causes, that he gets obsessed by perverseness. Under it’s thumb he hangs his cat on the tree. Later, he found another cat in the pub. It makes him much trouble, until it ruins him completely.
d) climax:
Muž sa v zúrivosti snaží kocúra zabiť sekerou. Jeho manželka sa mu v tom snaží zabrániť. V zúrivosti však nevie čo robí a zatne jej sekeru do hlavy.
The man in fury tries to kill the cat with axe. His wife tries to restrain it. In fury, he doesn’t know what he does and jams the axe to her head.

7. Account for the title and/or subtitle and their relevance to the work:
Black Cat je vhodný názov, pretože čierny kocúr ktorý sa mstí za zločiny spáchané na svojom kolegovi sa môže považovať za hlavného hrdinu poviedky.
Black cat is a very suitable title, because the character of black cat, who revenges for crimes performed at his mate can be considered as main character of the story.

8. Themes of the work:
- Revenge
- Murder and it’s disclosure
- Alcoholism, and it’s consequences
- Maltreatment of animals
- Animal spirit and intelligece

9. Subject-matter:
Pomsta zvieraťa, ktoré odpláca zločiny a krivdy spáchané na jeho druhoch.
A revenge of animal, which repays crimes and injuries commited on it’s mates.

10. Characters:
a) Mention the main characters and describe them briefly:
Drunkard (narrator):
Muž asi v strednom veku. Kým prepadol alkoholu mával rád zvieratá. Táto záľuba má korene ešte v jeho mladosti, keď sa moc nehrával s ostatními deťmi, ale viac sa venoval zvieratám.