The Black Cat

Symbol

Victim

Antagonist

Crazy

I think that the cat is an antagonist

The cat made the narrator go insane

The cat was reincarnated and cursed the narrator twice

The cat made the narrator kill his wife

The cat is not a victim

The cat is a thing, things can't be victims.

The cat chose all of its actions and this was the consequence.

The cat is the antagonist, so the antagonist cannot also be the victim.

The cat is a symbol

The cat is a symbol for society and norms, when they are not right, people go insane.

The cat was reincarnated which is a symbol, in some religions, for not accomplishing your life's worth. This cats worth is to drive the narrator insane.

Pluto is a symbol for greed.

The Cat is not crazy

The cat is trying to drive the narrator crazy, but the cat itself is not crazy.

The cat is a witch , it knows what it is doing is wrong, but it does it anyway.

The cat moves with purpose, it is not thinking absurdly.