LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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it had been listening to the narrator mourning for Lenore
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its former master was an unhappy person
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Lenore had originally kept it as a pet
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the narrator’s enemy had taught it this word to torture the narrator
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Detailed explanation-1: -The bird picked it up from a former unhappy master. What is the meaning of “nevermore” repeated by the Raven? The word nevermore is a reminder from the Raven that the speaker will see his lost love Lenore never again, and the raven is a reminder of his sorrow that won’t leave.
Detailed explanation-2: -Now, instead of being merely amused by the bird, he takes the raven’s repeated “nevermore” response as a sign that all his dark thoughts are true. He eventually grows angry and shrieks at the raven, calling it a devil and a thing of evil.
Detailed explanation-3: -The narrator guesses that the Raven says “Nevermore” because? it infers that he will perish + will feel no comfort have no relief. Near the end of the poem, the narrator asks the raven two questions to which the bird answers, ‘Nevermore” the questions concern? his sorrows.
Detailed explanation-4: -The narrator gets happy to see the raven at first then gets angry that the bird will not tell him about Lenore.