Edgar Allan Poe
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===The Raven=== | ===The Raven=== | ||
| − | The narrator of “The Raven” is sitting and looking over old books in a dark and gloomy setting when a raven shows up and repeats the phrase, “nevermore.” This causes him to think that the raven is referring to his dead wife, Lenore. Throughout the work | + | The narrator of “The Raven” is sitting and looking over old books in a dark and gloomy setting when a raven shows up and repeats the phrase, “nevermore.” This causes him to think that the raven is referring to his dead wife, Lenore. Throughout the work the raven does not say anything else, and the narrator becomes increasingly agitated. |
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| + | Like other narrators in Poe’s work, the one in “The Raven” seems to be going mad, and like the narrator in Ligeia, is defined by the loss of his wife. The narrator is so driven by his grief that he takes the one phrase that the bird says to be referring to his deceased wife, Lenore. It would appear that the narrator had holed himself up in a cluttered dark space to cope with his loss. | ||
===The Cask of Amontillado=== | ===The Cask of Amontillado=== | ||
