--Raven was a bird of prophecy; in western cultures, ravens have been associated with myster, evil, omens, and eath. Bird is a phrophecy and can tell the future.
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- One December night, a man hears a knock on his door around midnight. He is almost asleep.
- It was the ghost of Maiden Lenore, his deceased wife he thinks.
- He was in an excited terror & lets them in.
- As he opens the door he apoligizes for taking so long because he was almost asleep; but when he opens the door, there is nobody there.
- He whispers, "Lenore", and waits, but not reply.
- He walks back inside and hears a louder tapping, but he believes it is only the wind this time on his window.
- He flings open his drapes and there is a Raven, just sitting there.
- He man asks the Raven why his name is on the night's death shore, so why the Raven is bringing death to his window.
- All the Raven says is, "Nevermore". That was all he said and the Raven just sat there.
- The man says he has hope that the Raven isn't bringing him death.
- He pulls up a chair in front of the window & looks at the bird. He wonders why the threatening bird is at his house.
- The bird just stares at him. The man had no evidence to come to a conclusion why the bird was there.
- The man asks God to give him relief from his memory of Lenore. He drinks in hopes of these thoughts leaving him. All the Raven says is "Nevermore".
- The man accuses the Raven of being a prophet, of the devil and evil. Either sent by the devil or someone else, he asks if he will ever be relieved.
- Raven, "Nevermore".
- He asks the Raven why he has to continue to be sad.
- Raven, "Nevermore".
- He tells the Raven to leave.
- Raven, "Nevermore".
- The Raven is a deamon, the lamp casts the Raven's shadows on the floor as the Raven takes the man's soul, killing him.
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