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Romanticism, Poe, and "The Raven"
The era of Romanticism spans from the late 1700's to the mid 1800's
following the French Revolution; therefore, “Romanticism” encompasses
characteristics of the human mind in addition to the particular time in
history when these qualities became dominant in culture. Romanticism ....
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.... reposes, he is suddenly overcome with
grief, whereby the reader immediately feels sorry for the lonely man. The
reader pities the man's state of mind.
In addition to an emotional characteristic, Poe also portrays the
exotic. Exotic means “unnatural”. Exotic means a raven that speaks only
one word. Exotic means a bird that refuses to leave and insists in staying
in one place. Finally, exotic means a life of torment of the speakers soul.
The man is drawn to the bird to seek an answer to the monotonous reply of “
Nevermore”.
Finally, “The Rav ....
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