LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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Ravens were sacred to the Greeks.
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This association suggests that the Raven is wise.
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The speaker associates Pallas with his dead love, Lenore.
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The poet is suggesting that this poem takes place in ancient Greece.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why does the poet have the Raven perch on the bust of the Greek goddess Pallas? Ravens were sacred to the Greeks. This association suggests that the Raven is wise. The speaker associates Pallas with his dead love, Lenore.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why does Poe include mythological allusions to the Pallas (goddess of war) and the “Plutonian shore” (the underworld) in stanzas 7 and 8? They add to the narrator’s belief that the raven is evil and other-worldly.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why does the speaker react poorly to the raven’s response of “Nevermore” in stanzas 15-16? The speaker is unsettled by the raven’s repetition of “Nevermore” because he believes the raven learned it from a depressed former master and intends to make him his new owner.
Detailed explanation-4: -At first, what does the speaker think the noise is? The speaker believes there is someone at the door. 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.
Detailed explanation-5: -At first, the Raven makes him smile. He asks the Raven about Lenore. How does the narrator react to the Raven? The narrator believes that the Raven has come from the land of the dead.