LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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be reunited with Lenore
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die soon
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never escape his despair
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make his sorrow the subject of a great poem
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Detailed explanation-1: -What will be the next event to occur after death. What can readers infer from the poem’s conclusion that the speaker will do? Reader’s can infer that the speaker will never be able to escape his despair.
Detailed explanation-2: -He eventually grows angry and shrieks at the raven, calling it a devil and a thing of evil. The poem ends with the raven still sitting on the bust of Pallas and the narrator, seemingly defeated by his grief and madness, declaring that his soul shall be lifted “nevermore."
Detailed explanation-3: -Based on lines 5 and 6, what can you conclude about the speaker’s values? The speaker values curiosity and creativity.
Detailed explanation-4: -What inference can you make about the speaker’s current state of mind from the references to the evening as “Plutonian"? He worries that the raven is sick.
Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: The narrator is reading in his study when the spooky raven appears magically, uttering the single word “Lenore.” This is the name of the man’s love, who we presume is dead. The speaker hopes the bird can tell him whether he will see Lenore some day in the afterlife.