"The Raven"

      On Saturday, we read the poem, "The Raven". It was written by Edgar Allan Poe. He wrote the poem with a mysterious, dark and Gothic tone. The Gothic literature was famous during that era, but for it to be considered Gothic it needed to have four specific components. It needs to be in a mysterious, bleak and remote place, characters are in a psychological/physical torment, a supernatural element has to be present and the plot has to involve macabre or violent incidents.
       "The Raven" took place in a huge house/palace, at midnight in December. The setting already sets the mysterious mood. Even though, there were no violent actions involved, the audience can conclude that the narrator connects violent thoughts with Lenore. The narrator was in a mentally unstable stage. First, he was talking to a bird, then he believes that the Raven's name is nevermore. He clearly was ill. Everyone in his life had left him. He was lonely. The supernatural part of this poem, is that the bird is actually speaking, and when the narrator was in the room he could feel Lenore's presence. He was being tortured. Maybe, Lenore was getting revenge for something he did? The Raven never left the palace, which symbolized that Lenore will never be forgotten. She will forevermore torture him.