Callie Graham English 3H p2 Detailed Outline I. Thesis – why and how Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven is a vital literary piece to the start of the era of gothic literature‚ and how it embodies the traits of basic gothic literature II. The basic elements of gothic literature a. Intricate plot i. Includes complex and complicated narratives‚ plots within plots‚ episodic nature‚ strange/fragmented writing‚ all aimed at producing the effect of a dreamlike quality b. Chaos
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. The tragedies in Poe’s life are reflected in his poem‚ “The Raven‚” and can be predominately seen through the comparison between the loss of his wife‚ and the narrators loss of Lenore. The apparent tone in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” seemingly represents a very painful condition of mind‚ an intellect sensitive to madness and the abyss of melancholy brought upon by the death of a beloved lady. The parallelism of Poe’s own personal problems with those of the narrator in “The Raven‚” and the repetitive
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dangerous consequences. It could lead to depression or‚ in this case‚ madness. In the poem "The Raven‚" Edgar Allan Poe uses imagery and repetition to express the dark and depressing feelings that the speaker encounters while grieving over the death of Lenore. Imagery is effective in this poem to reveal its ominous mood. Poe uses dark words to create a gloomy setting at the start of the poem. He narrates‚ "Once upon a midnight dreary‚ while I pondered‚ weak and weary" (1). The setting is in the middle
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Raven" taking direct influence from Poe’s life experiences. Among many other misfortunes‚ including living a life of poverty and being orphaned at a young age‚ Poe’s beloved wife Virginnia‚ died after a long illness. The narrator’s sorrow for the lost Lenore is paralleled with Poe’s own grief regarding the death of his wife. Confined in the chamber are memories of her who had frequented it. These ghostly recollections cultivate an enormous motive in the reader to know and be relieved of the bewilderment
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themes of guilt‚ love and madness in my short story. I show madness‚ through Lenore’s declining state‚ and through her actions. This connects to ‘The Raven’ as it focusses on the narrator’s descent into madness. Grief is shown through his sorrow for Lenore‚ and guilt is shown through his guilt over Lenore’s death. The narrator thinks that he is responsible for her death. Love is shown through his relationship
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musicality‚ stylized language‚ andsupernatural atmosphere. It tells of a talking raven’s mysterious visit to a distraught lover‚ tracing the man’s slow descent into madness. The lover‚ often identified as being a student‚ is lamenting the loss of his love‚ Lenore. Sitting on a bust of Pallas‚ the raven seems to further instigate his distress with its constant repetition of the word "Nevermore". The poem makes use of a number of folk and classical references. Poe claimed to have written the poem very logically
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isn’t just the only major symbol in this poem‚ there is also Lenore‚ who is the main focus of the speaker’s thoughts. She is stuck in his mind‚ and when he tried to think about something else such as the book he is reading‚ his mind always goes back to sweet Lenore. We do not know really anything about Lenore‚ but we can infer that she is the speakers loved one‚ that can’t be forgotten. We can easily tell within the first few lines that Lenore is “lost” or in other words she has passed away. Towards
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raven flies in. The speakers lost love towards a woman named Lenore is greatly demonstrated in his questions towards the raven. For example “It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore – Clasp a rare and radiant maiden‚ whom the angels name Lenore?” (Poe‚ 94-95). Here the speaker is asking the raven if he will ever get to meet Lenore again which the raven only responds “nevermore”. The speakers lost love towards Lenore affects his
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/Doubting‚ dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;/But the silence was unbroken‚ and the darkness gave no token‚/And the only word there spoken was the whispered word‚ `Lenore!’/This I whispered‚ and an echo murmured back the word‚ `Lenore!’/Merely this and nothing more” (Poe). In his imagination he saw Lenore‚ his wife who died and he believed it which
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time of the poem Poe’s wife was ill and he could have just been thinking of the worst‚ which only happened three years later. He was probably thinking of how depressed his life would have been if she died. In stanza two he states “… sorrow the lost Lenore- for the rare and radiant maiden whom the
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