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**It would actually make sense for the narrator to think of the raven as wise considering that ravens, like other corvids, are widely known for being extremely intelligent in real life.
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"The Raven" is a narrative poem of the {{Gothic horror}} genre published in 1845. Oft parodied and referenced, it is the most famous work by author Creator/EdgarAllanPoe, and to this day is one of the most well-known pieces of English poetry ever written.
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"The Raven" is a narrative poem of the {{Gothic horror}} genre published in 1845. Oft parodied and referenced, it is the most famous work by author Creator/EdgarAllanPoe, and to this day is one of the most well-known pieces of English poetry {{poetry}} ever written.
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* SanitySlippage: And ''how''. The narrator goes from mostly sane, if a bit grief-stricken, to a catatonic wreck on the floor within a matter of minutes, all because a bird showed up. It's left ambiguous as to whether he's just emotionally distraught or actually delusional, since it's unclear if the raven is real or, if it is, if it's actually speaking.
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* SanitySlippage: And SanitySlippage: ...and ''how''. The narrator goes from mostly sane, if a bit grief-stricken, to a catatonic wreck on the floor within a matter of minutes, all because a bird showed up. It's left ambiguous as to whether he's just emotionally distraught or actually delusional, since it's unclear if the raven is real or, if it is, if it's actually speaking.
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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=MyxsPHWSxlY Here]] and [[https://youtu.be/BefliMlEzZ8 here]] you can listen to it in the voice of Creator/ChristopherLee (two separate readings). And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DEX5Zxc-Aw here's]] one by Creator/JohnDeLancie. There's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuehHq5gSxE one]] by Music/TayZonday. Here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuGZ_wp_i9w another]] by Vincent Price. And [[https://youtu.be/WcqPQXqQXzI here's]] one by Creator/JamesEarlJones ([[https://youtu.be/sXU3RfB7308 here]] it is without music, and [[https://youtu.be/OFjWZEvCm68 another]] a la Darth Vader). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdwUAxLWcig Right here]] is yet another, this time by Creator/StanLee. And still another, by Creator/BasilRathbone [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi-AIxYP0MM here]]. [[https://youtu.be/guEuZMwdhY4?si=fP-Ohgr-VBSaOL-O Yet another by Alan Rickman.]]
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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=MyxsPHWSxlY Here]] and [[https://youtu.be/BefliMlEzZ8 here]] you can listen to it in the voice of Creator/ChristopherLee (two separate readings). And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DEX5Zxc-Aw here's]] Here's]] one by Creator/JohnDeLancie. There's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuehHq5gSxE one]] by Music/TayZonday. Here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuGZ_wp_i9w another]] by Vincent Price. And [[https://youtu.be/WcqPQXqQXzI here's]] Here's]] one by Creator/JamesEarlJones ([[https://youtu.be/sXU3RfB7308 here]] it is without music, and [[https://youtu.be/OFjWZEvCm68 another]] a la Darth Vader). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdwUAxLWcig Right here]] is yet another, this time by Creator/StanLee. And still Still another, by Creator/BasilRathbone [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi-AIxYP0MM here]]. [[https://youtu.be/guEuZMwdhY4?si=fP-Ohgr-VBSaOL-O Yet another by Alan Rickman.]]
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I think we need to make a folder of those who read the poem or something.
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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=MyxsPHWSxlY Here]] and [[https://youtu.be/BefliMlEzZ8 here]] you can listen to it in the voice of Creator/ChristopherLee (two separate readings). And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DEX5Zxc-Aw here's]] one by Creator/JohnDeLancie. There's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuehHq5gSxE one]] by Music/TayZonday. Here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuGZ_wp_i9w another]] by Vincent Price. And [[https://youtu.be/WcqPQXqQXzI here's]] one by Creator/JamesEarlJones ([[https://youtu.be/sXU3RfB7308 here]] it is without music, and [[https://youtu.be/OFjWZEvCm68 another]] a la Darth Vader). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdwUAxLWcig Right here]] is yet another, this time by Creator/StanLee. And still another, by Creator/BasilRathbone [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi-AIxYP0MM here]].
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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=MyxsPHWSxlY Here]] and [[https://youtu.be/BefliMlEzZ8 here]] you can listen to it in the voice of Creator/ChristopherLee (two separate readings). And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DEX5Zxc-Aw here's]] one by Creator/JohnDeLancie. There's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuehHq5gSxE one]] by Music/TayZonday. Here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuGZ_wp_i9w another]] by Vincent Price. And [[https://youtu.be/WcqPQXqQXzI here's]] one by Creator/JamesEarlJones ([[https://youtu.be/sXU3RfB7308 here]] it is without music, and [[https://youtu.be/OFjWZEvCm68 another]] a la Darth Vader). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdwUAxLWcig Right here]] is yet another, this time by Creator/StanLee. And still another, by Creator/BasilRathbone [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi-AIxYP0MM here]].
here]]. [[https://youtu.be/guEuZMwdhY4?si=fP-Ohgr-VBSaOL-O Yet another by Alan Rickman.]]
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One literary analysis site said that it might mean the raven is wise.
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* DespairEventHorizon:
** There really is nothing necessarily supernatural about the raven. The entire poem is the narrator projecting his own frustrated grief onto a random bird, and losing his mind in the process.
** One of the narrator's saner speculations is that the bird is just a normal raven, randomly mimicking some other individual who'd suffered this trope, and moaned "Nevermore" where it could overhear.
** There really is nothing necessarily supernatural about the raven. The entire poem is the narrator projecting his own frustrated grief onto a random bird, and losing his mind in the process.
** One of the narrator's saner speculations is that the bird is just a normal raven, randomly mimicking some other individual who'd suffered this trope, and moaned "Nevermore" where it could overhear.
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* DespairEventHorizon:
**DespairEventHorizon: There really is nothing necessarily supernatural about the raven. The entire poem is the narrator projecting his own frustrated grief onto a random bird, and losing his mind in the process.
** Oneprocess. In fact, one of the narrator's saner speculations is that the bird is just a normal raven, randomly mimicking some other individual who'd suffered this trope, and moaned "Nevermore" where it could overhear.overhear. Once the bird continues to say it, however, he becomes overrun with grief.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane:
** Both possibilities are briefly touched on - whether the bird is/was sent by some unnatural force, or if it was just someone's pet taught to utter a single word.
** Another interpretation is that the narrator's grief is slowly driving him insane, and that the raven was either a hallucination or it was real but the narrator only ''thought'' it was talking when it actually wasn't.
** Both possibilities are briefly touched on - whether the bird is/was sent by some unnatural force, or if it was just someone's pet taught to utter a single word.
** Another interpretation is that the narrator's grief is slowly driving him insane, and that the raven was either a hallucination or it was real but the narrator only ''thought'' it was talking when it actually wasn't.
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**MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Both possibilities are briefly touched on - whether the bird is/was sent by some unnatural force, or if it was just someone's pet taught to utter a single word.
**word. Another interpretation is that the narrator's grief is slowly driving him insane, and that the raven was either a hallucination or it was real but the narrator only ''thought'' it was talking when it actually wasn't.wasn't.
* NoFullNameGiven: We don't know Lenore's last name.
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* NoFullNameGiven: We don't know Lenore's last name.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: The raven perching on top of a bust of Pallas (an epithet of Athena, the Greek Goddess of wisdom), represents the supernatural taking control of rationality. In the context of the poem, the narrator's rationality is slowly eroding by supernatural thoughts.
* SanitySlippage: And ''how''. The narrator goes from mostly sane, if a bit grief-stricken, to a catatonic wreck on the floor within a matter of minutes, all because a bird showed up.
* SayMyName: The narrator laments "Lenore", the love of his life who previously died.
* SanitySlippage: And ''how''. The narrator goes from mostly sane, if a bit grief-stricken, to a catatonic wreck on the floor within a matter of minutes, all because a bird showed up.
* SayMyName: The narrator laments "Lenore", the love of his life who previously died.
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* RuleOfSymbolism: The raven perching on top of a bust of Pallas (an epithet of Athena, the Greek Goddess of wisdom), represents the supernatural taking control of rationality. In the context of the poem, the narrator's rationality is slowly eroding by supernatural thoughts. It could also represent that the raven itself is wise, or that the narrator at least thinks it is.
* SanitySlippage: And ''how''. The narrator goes from mostly sane, if a bit grief-stricken, to a catatonic wreck on the floor within a matter of minutes, all because a bird showedup.
up. It's left ambiguous as to whether he's just emotionally distraught or actually delusional, since it's unclear if the raven is real or, if it is, if it's actually speaking.
* SayMyName: The narrator laments "Lenore", the love of his life who previouslydied.died, and when he first answers the door, he calls out her name.
* SanitySlippage: And ''how''. The narrator goes from mostly sane, if a bit grief-stricken, to a catatonic wreck on the floor within a matter of minutes, all because a bird showed
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* YouCanTalk: When the raven first speaks, the narrator "marvelled such ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly".
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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=MyxsPHWSxlY Here]] and [[https://youtu.be/BefliMlEzZ8 here]] you can listen to it in the voice of Creator/ChristopherLee (two separate readings). And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIckeYVuMC0 here's]] one by Creator/JohnDeLancie. There's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuehHq5gSxE one]] by Music/TayZonday. Here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuGZ_wp_i9w another]] by Vincent Price. And [[https://youtu.be/WcqPQXqQXzI here's]] one by Creator/JamesEarlJones ([[https://youtu.be/sXU3RfB7308 here]] it is without music, and [[https://youtu.be/OFjWZEvCm68 another]] a la Darth Vader). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdwUAxLWcig Right here]] is yet another, this time by Creator/StanLee. And still another, by Creator/BasilRathbone [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi-AIxYP0MM here]].
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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=MyxsPHWSxlY Here]] and [[https://youtu.be/BefliMlEzZ8 here]] you can listen to it in the voice of Creator/ChristopherLee (two separate readings). And [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIckeYVuMC0 com/watch?v=9DEX5Zxc-Aw here's]] one by Creator/JohnDeLancie. There's also [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuehHq5gSxE one]] by Music/TayZonday. Here's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuGZ_wp_i9w another]] by Vincent Price. And [[https://youtu.be/WcqPQXqQXzI here's]] one by Creator/JamesEarlJones ([[https://youtu.be/sXU3RfB7308 here]] it is without music, and [[https://youtu.be/OFjWZEvCm68 another]] a la Darth Vader). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdwUAxLWcig Right here]] is yet another, this time by Creator/StanLee. And still another, by Creator/BasilRathbone [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi-AIxYP0MM here]].
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-->"''Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend,'' I shrieked, upstarting.
* GetOut: After having enough of the Raven mocking him, the narrator yells at it to "Take thy beak from out my heart and take thy form from off my door!". [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave The bird refuses to leave]].
* GetOut: After having enough of the Raven mocking him, the narrator yells at it to "Take thy beak from out my heart and take thy form from off my door!". [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave The bird refuses to leave]].
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-->"''Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend,'' fiend,''" I shrieked, upstarting.
* GetOut: After having enough of the Raven mocking him, the narrator yells at it to "Take thy beak from out my heart and take thy form from off my door!". [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave The bird refuses toleave]].leave.]]
* GetOut: After having enough of the Raven mocking him, the narrator yells at it to "Take thy beak from out my heart and take thy form from off my door!". [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave The bird refuses to
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Let the reader decide if they are amused by the parody or not.
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Amusingly parodied in the poem, ''Literature/TheEndOfTheRaven'' by Poe's Cat. ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' also did an AnimatedAdaptation of it for its first ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E3TreehouseOfHorror episode]], narrated by James Earl Jones. While it still has the show's typical humor, as well as snarky commentary from Bart & Lisa, it's a surprisingly straight and faithful version.
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Amusingly parodied in the poem, ''Literature/TheEndOfTheRaven'' by Poe's Cat. ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E3TreehouseOfHorror also did]] an AnimatedAdaptation of it for its first ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' episode, narrated by James Earl Jones. While it still has the show's typical humor, as well as snarky commentary from Bart & Lisa, it's a surprisingly straight and faithful version.
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Amusingly parodied in the poem, ''Literature/TheEndOfTheRaven'' by Poe's Cat. ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E3TreehouseOfHorror also did]] did an AnimatedAdaptation of it for its first ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' episode, [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E3TreehouseOfHorror episode]], narrated by James Earl Jones. While it still has the show's typical humor, as well as snarky commentary from Bart & Lisa, it's a surprisingly straight and faithful version.
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Amusingly parodied in the poem: [[https://www.monologues.co.uk/Parodies/The_Raven.htm ''The End of the Raven'' by Poe's Cat]]. ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E3TreehouseOfHorror also did]] an AnimatedAdaptation of it for its first ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' episode, narrated by James Earl Jones. While it still has the show's typical humor, as well as snarky commentary from Bart & Lisa, it's a surprisingly straight and faithful version.
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Amusingly parodied in the poem: [[https://www.monologues.co.uk/Parodies/The_Raven.htm ''The End of the Raven'' poem, ''Literature/TheEndOfTheRaven'' by Poe's Cat]].Cat. ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E3TreehouseOfHorror also did]] an AnimatedAdaptation of it for its first ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' episode, narrated by James Earl Jones. While it still has the show's typical humor, as well as snarky commentary from Bart & Lisa, it's a surprisingly straight and faithful version.
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Amusingly parodied in the poem: [[http://bertc.com/subfour/truth/end_of_the_raven.htm ''The End of the Raven'' by Poe's Cat]]. ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA9pMIxWn3M also did]] an AnimatedAdaptation of it for its first ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' episode, narrated by James Earl Jones. While it still has the show's typical humor, as well as snarky commentary from Bart & Lisa, it's a surprisingly straight and faithful version.
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Amusingly parodied in the poem: [[http://bertc.com/subfour/truth/end_of_the_raven.[[https://www.monologues.co.uk/Parodies/The_Raven.htm ''The End of the Raven'' by Poe's Cat]]. ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA9pMIxWn3M [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E3TreehouseOfHorror also did]] an AnimatedAdaptation of it for its first ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' episode, narrated by James Earl Jones. While it still has the show's typical humor, as well as snarky commentary from Bart & Lisa, it's a surprisingly straight and faithful version.
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* AluminumChristmasTrees: Ravens actually can be taught to talk, and the normalcy of this is a significant aspect of the poem. [[https://youtu.be/rIX_6TBeph0 There's even video]] of a raven that's been taught to say "nevermore".
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* NoNameGiven: The narrator is never given a name, and neither is the raven.
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* NoNameGiven: The narrator is never given a name, and neither is the raven. Really, Lenore is the only thing keeping the poem from being a NamelessNarrative.
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actually...
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** Both possibilities are briefly touched on - whether the bird is/was sent by some unnatural force, or if it was just someone's pet taught to utter a single word (there is a rumor that early drafts of the poem featured a parrot, though this is dubious).
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** [[WordOfGod As Poe himself said]] in [[https://www.eapoe.org/works/essays/philcomp.htm The Philosophy of Composition]], parrot was the first bird that came to his mind, but just wasn't [[CreepyCrows ominous]] enough:
-->''Here, then, immediately arose the idea of a non -reasoning creature capable of speech; and, very naturally, a parrot, in the first instance, suggested itself, but was superseded forthwith by a Raven, as equally capable of speech, and infinitely more in keeping with the intended tone.''
-->''Here, then, immediately arose the idea of a non -reasoning creature capable of speech; and, very naturally, a parrot, in the first instance, suggested itself, but was superseded forthwith by a Raven, as equally capable of speech, and infinitely more in keeping with the intended tone.''
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* AdultFear: How about never being able to see someone you love again -- not even in Heaven?
