• The man would take out his anger on the cat, and then cut out one of its eyes before he killed the cat

• This can be drawn to the masonic Eye of Providence, which is an all seeing symbol, making the cat symbolize a sort of all seeing figure

- The main character in Tell tale heart is haunted by this old mans 'vulture eye'. The eye is pale blue and has a film over it sounding a lot like a blind eye.

-the old man could be seen as an all seeing figure and him being scared of that figure.

• After the man kills the cat, it comes back, but white instead of black. The man kills his wife and accidentally seals the cat in the wall with her in attempt to cover his crimes

• The cat in the wall is described as having an eye of fire, which can be the eye of sauron, which represents influence from evil

• The cat having one eye is a representation of the cat seeing the man's sins and what he has done

• The man states that the cat was the reason he murdered his wife, which can be drawn to the evil symbolism of the eye of sauron that the cat possesses

• In freemasonry, the color black represents darkness, and black and white together represent the balance of unity.

• In this story, that cat starts out as black, which represents it having a dark influence on the man

• Black cats represent spirituality and have a historical connection to witchcraft

• After the man kills the cat, another cat reappears that is almost the same as his black cat, including one missing eye, but now with a splotch of white

• The color white in freemasonry symbolizes light, and spiritual growth

• The cat being almost the same as the man's old cat except for the spot of white in freemasonry symbolizes the connection between good and evil

the four is meaning justice in this part of the story when the police come to show justice to the main character.

"it was four o’clock—...There entered three men, who introduced themselves, with perfect suavity, as officers of the police" 4 means man and the 4 elements and 4 directions. and 3 means god. There were 3 police officers that could possibly mean those three officers are heavenly father, the holy ghost, and Jesus Christ. they are showing him guilty of breaking on of the ten commandments.

• Pluto is the greek god of the dead

• The cat is also black which represents darkness and the underworld, so it being named Pulto gives the cat this whole symbolism of death and the underworld

• In freemasonry, fire represents life and destruction

• Represents his identity being destroyed by freemasonry and him being reborn

• Also could represent hell

• gardens are symbols of the cycle of life and death

• the cat being killed in a garden goes along with gardens being those symbols

• the garden of Eden is a symbol of knowledge and downfall

-The individual is then presented with a pair of white cotton gloves, which they must put on in the presence of other members of the lodge. This act symbolizes their willingness to accept and respect the principles and ideals upon which Freemasonry is based.

"A watch’s minute hand moves more quickly than did mine... such a sound as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton"

-it was normal for Poe to say a watch or clock once but when he brings it up multiple times in the story it gets a little suspicious.

-in free masonry cotton symbolizes the willingness to accept the principles and idelas of freemasonry. so a watch in cotton may mean

• There is symbolism behind freemasonry and being buried in walls and floor boards and concealing them to look untouched

• This shows the dangers of knowledge and pride

• The man cuts one of the cats eyes out while he is drunk

• In this story, the alcohol represents temptation and sinning, a downfall, ect.

he's talking about the eye color multiple times that really makes it stands out

• 4!!!!

• in freemasonry 4 symbolizes justice

• 4!!! AGAIN

• 3 symbolizes strength and the three pillars

-Midnight represents the height of the unconscious powers in the world and Catacombs is a symbol of Montresor's state of mind.

• the twelth degree is the "Master of Mercy"

• 12 is a representation of perfection

  
  

• black represents darkness and evil, unknown

seeing=kowing, can't see goodness/god

blind to the world -can't see what he needs to see

(ONE EYE: eye of province) eye of knowledge

-pride: knowlege=god

his downfall was alcohol.

Poe was an alcoholic

• black cats are symbolically representative of witches

• the man says that he is haunted by alcohol and the cat, alluding to the supernatural

in the stories both of the main characters keep on saying that they are not mad.

in the Tell tale heart the main character was trying to defend himself while telling the story how he killed the old man because of his scary eye.

" Pluto had not a white hair upon any portion of his body; but this cat had a large, although indefinite splotch of white, covering nearly the whole region of the breast."

duality of black and white. cat having knowledge

"From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition, My tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me the jest of my companions."

"...fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer. My original soul seemed, at once, to take its flight from my body and a more than fiendish malevolence, fin-nurtered, thrilled."

• dangers of gnosis and the duality of man and knowledge together

"shot from out the crevice and fell full upon the vulture eye It was open—wide, wide open"

the old man now has the knowledge of how someone is there going to kill him or there for him.

• TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL! the tree is in the garden

• symbolizes him giving himself to sin

• he ate the fruit

• he gave in to the sin

" placed my own seat upon the very spot beneath which reposed the corpse of the victim."

The main character was deceiving the police so that they don't arrest him for murder

• all of the walls in his house burned except for the wall with an imprint of a giant cat

• representative of the secrecy of freemasonry and the false wall that holds secrets behind it versus the nice front that is put up

• all a false front the eats you alive from the inside