LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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A ghost
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An angel
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The women he loved, who died
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Himself
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Detailed explanation-1: -When the narrator opens the door and looks out, what does he expect to find? The narrator expects to find the women he had loved, who has died. Why does the poet have the Raven perch on the bust of the Greek goddess of Pallas? The narrator does so to suggest that the Raven is wise.
Detailed explanation-2: -What does the narrator see when he first opens the chamber door? He sees complete darkness and nothing more.
Detailed explanation-3: -When the narrator opens the door and looks out, what does he expect to see? His lost Lenore.
Detailed explanation-4: -The narrator asks the Raven to give him some measure of solace. He has recently lost his lover, Lenore, and he fears he will never see her again. Even though she is dead, he hopes they will be reunited in the next life. When he asks the Raven whether Lenore is in heaven, the Raven responds, ‘Nevermore’.
Detailed explanation-5: -What does the speaker in the Raven feel when her first thinks that Lenore may be at his door? Hope then terror. When the speaker describes Lenore as nameless here for evermore what does he mean? No one will speak Lenore’s name because the angels took her.