In the short novel of The Black Cat,the first black cat,the second one and the narrator’s wife are very important figures.They all have their denotative meaning.But they also have something in common.Here explains them as the feminine traits in the narrator.He always tries to kill them because he denies them and wants to perish them way from him. In the short novel of The Black Cat, the first black cat, the second one and the narrator’s wife are very important figures. They all have their denotative meaning. But they also have something in common. Here explains them as the feminine traits in the narrator.He always tries to kill them because he denies them and wants to perish them way from him.