Insanity And Madness In Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven

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Edgar Allen Poe wrote “The Raven” as a suspenseful poem that leaves you on your toes awaiting the next scene. The poem in itself was estranged in the moment of realizing the the line between reality and imaginary. Moreover, Poe is so captive in deconstructing the meaning of this bird to the point of obsession; wanting to come answer for all his problems. Furthermore, not sufficient with the one word answer he is receiving, he goes insane to the point of accepting his doom. The Raven in this case was not interpreted as a simple bird, but as something far more superior, but in reality it was just a bird. In result, the Raven comes forth as a symbol for madness, but is presently real in Poe’s house. Henceforth, I interpret the Raven as real because it’s an objectified form of insanity and madness. On that note, insanity and madness is what leads him to lose his …show more content…

“Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to near discourse so plainly, though its answer little meaning-little relevancy bore” (Poe 2). Moreover, Poe not emotionally stable in result of losing his Lenore, forgets his despaired state when baffled with astonishment at this bird that had flown into his home. Consequently, the Raven at this moment represents the entrance of his madness. Furthermore, Poe tries to find an explanation for his loneliness and mourning in result to asking for his lost hopes. At last when the only response is given, he believes “nevermore” was in context of his question, believing that the bird won’t leave him. “This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing” (Poe 2). Correspondingly, Poe is trying to deconstruct the meaning of this bird, but all it has said is ‘nevermore’. This leads to an obsession of the Raven to the point where the Raven stops responding. Likewise, the narrator keeps rambling and driving himself insane with all of his unanswered

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