What might a theatre ask you to do if you’ve arrived late to a performance that has already commenced?

Apparently, Poe had a severe ongoing problem with:  

Edgar Allan Poe died at the age of eighty-nine years old when he was lost in update New York and was attacked by a pack of wolves.  

What tragic event happens to the narrator–during which he sees a what looks like his dead cat?  

What is the name of the cat–in the story?  

When the narrator drinks a loses his temper, how does he kill his wife?  

How long does the narrator say his friendship lasted–with the first cat?  

During which war does this story / novel take place?  

Melville claimed that his life “began at age twenty-five” and it was at that time he began writing about the South Seas and other maritime situations.  

In his later years, Mellville struggled financially, he was disliked by his in-laws, was considered insane by some, including his wife, and two of his children died.