爱伦.坡的小说《黑猫》中以“我”表征理性和美国或以白人为主的南方人,黑猫象征本能和黑人奴隶,以本能和理性为切入点,对二者模糊化处理,企图以相对较为客观的视角评析当时社会对奴隶制的分裂态度,从心理的视角深刻透视美国政治文化,流露出对奴隶解放的审慎态度。坡在提醒美国白人警惕奴隶制和废奴运动,表现出他保守的政治观。 Ellen Poe’s “Black Cat” is characterized by the “I” character and the American or white-oriented southerners. The black cat symbolizes instinct and rationality as the starting point and blurs the two In an attempt to appraise the society’s splittism towards slavery from a relatively objective point of view at the time, it also provides a deep perspective on the political culture of the United States from a psychological perspective, revealing a cautious attitude towards the liberation of slaves. Slope reminds the white Americans to guard against slavery and the abolitionist movement and shows his conservative political outlook.