A Comparison Thesis on Edgar Allen Poe's tale ;The Black Cat; and Earnest Hemingway's story ;A Soldier's Home;.
This paper will compare two short stories that show how shame, guilt and fear, play a part in how these authors dealt with creating these tales. Edgar Allen Poe's short story "Black Cat" will be analyzed and, also, Earnest Hemingway's short story " A Soldier's Home" will be the subject of this thesis. Both of these stories share similar traits on themes of guilt, shame and fear within the storylines that have been written around them and this will be proven in this paper. 5 pgs. Bibliography lists 4 sources.