The Raven
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- The speaker, having heard a sound, peers into the doorway, only to find darkness. However, rather than accept the fact there is nothing there, the man yells the name of his dead lover, Lenore. This contributes to the plot, as it shows his descent into madness, thinking a mere sound in his home is the work of the ghost of his lover.
- "Lenore? Lenore?!"
- A raven flies into the speaker's chamber, perching upon his bust of Pallas. The speaker, awestruck then asks the raven what it's name is, to which the raven responds "Nevermore." This scene conveys his further descent, quite literally speaking to an animal, and taking it's answer seriously.
- "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou, art sure no craven, ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore- tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian Shore!"
- "Nevermore."
- The speaker, now saddened by the fact that the spectacular beast will be gone by tomorrow, comments on this fact. The raven, somewhat eerily, replies to this, responding with "Nevermore," implying it will never leave. The significance in this scene lies in the fact that he treats an animal-- a raven he had just now met, as an old friend whom is going to leave soon, as if he is disappointed in this.
- "Other friends have flown before- on the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before."
- "Nevermore."
- Now, the speaker blames the raven for his shortcomings, claiming it to be sent by God, begging the raven to tell him if he will ever forget Lenore, stop grieving Lenore, to which the bird responds, "Nevermore." The theme is furthered in this scene, in that he begs a mere bird to grant his wish, to no longer grieve his lost love. A bird whom he has just met, a bird who knows one word, he knows what the raven is going to say, and yet he keeps asking saddening questions.
- "Wretch, thy God hath lent thee- by these angels he hath sent thee, respite- respite and nepenthe from my memories of Lenore!"
- "Nevermore."
- The speaker, now in a fit of rage, calls the raven a prophet, a thing of evil, yet a prophet still, asking if he will ever hold his love again, to which the raven responds, "Nevermore." This aids in the author's attempt to convey the message of grief and loss being able to cause pain, as the speaker is now completely using the raven as a scapegoat for all his problems, saying he's a messenger from God, a prophet, yet a thing of evil.
- "Prophet! Thing of evil, prophet still, if bird or devil!"
- "Nevermore."
- The speaker now is presumably dead on the floor, doomed to never again see his dead lover, Lenore, and thus seems to have died in a way that was not disclosed by the author, while the raven remains sitting, unmoved upon the bust of Pallas on the speaker's chamber door. This furthers the theme further than most of the other paragraphs, as the speaker seems to have died in some way
- "Nevermore."
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