Comparing The Raven And The Story Of An Hour

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Both The Raven and The Story of an Hour tell of loss of a loved one. In The Raven, she has been dead, and he is haunted by a raven who continues to say, “Nevermore.” In The Story of an Hour, the woman was just told her husband has died, so her pain is sudden. In Kate Chopin’s tale, it shows the woman initially is distressed, but comes to realize she did not truly love her husband, and now she is "Free! Body and soul free!” When her husband returns in the end, she dies of a heart attack. In Poe’s poem, he is still mourning for his love, Lenore, and he believes the raven is a “Prophet! … Thing of evil! prophet still, if bird or devil!” The raven sits above his chamber door, and doesn’t leave nor speak other than to “Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore."

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