The Raven.

Is Edgar Allen Poe's main character Crazy? Or is he simply

greiving the loss of his Love, Lenore?





     The Raven, as we know, is written by one of the most

influential writers of our time, Edgar Allen Poe. When Poe

wrote this poem, many believe he was just trying to show one

mans lost love. to show how he was saddened by her demise

and to show how he feels about her being gone. However,

when many people read this poem, they sense a bit of crazy,

or mental illness issues with the narrator, which is someone

other than Poe himself. Poe is writing as a man who has lost a

love, but also a man who is just a tad crazy. Someone who

will believe anything someone says, even a bird who rests

upon Pallas.


               "Open here I flung the shutter, when,

with many a flirt and flutter,

In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore;

Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or

stayed he;

But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber

door-

Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door-

Perched, and sat, and nothing more."
               
               "The Raven"


Some would specualte that this is to show the bird as a figure 

of wisdom, as one who would bring good news. I believe

different.



Is he crazy? This question has been asked by quite a few.

He is slowly falling asleep. When he falls asleep, he can

remember the way Lenore acts, the way she feels and

everything about her that he likes. He either dreams or

hallucinates a bird. Obvious Schitzophrenia. Hallucinations are

defined as sensory perceptions in the absence of externally

generated stimuli. (1) The knocking or Rapping on the

characters door could actually be the pounding of a migrane

from his depression or from being woke up.



The representation of the raven in this poem could possibly

mean death, because the bird repeats nevermore over and

over again. depression is caused by the fact that he realizes,

Death is Inevitable. He should just wait for it to come or

basically wallow in self pity. This man yearns for his dead

love, wishing she were back and with him. He allows himself

to see the bird then watch it manifest into something

otherwordly, finally bringing the news of the fact that they will

never be reuinted, not even in the after life.



The Raven quotes "Nevermore" over and over again. He

views this bird as an instrument to help him forget.

Either, the bird will form to lenore and tell him that she

doesn't like him anymore, and it was never anything special,

or that he will be in her presence and understanding theway

he truly feels.



Nepenthe is a drug used a long time ago to supposedly

lessen the effects of Greif. He is apparently on medication.

Nepenthe is a drug, as i said, and it is pretty much like Xanex

or Alcohol.

               "Respite- respite and nepenthe, from thy memories of Lenore!

Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!"

Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore.' "

               "The Raven"



Is he Grieving?

The fire Is representative of the love he felt for Lenore. The

fire is a comforting element to some. Especially in "Bleak

December"as this is supposedly the coldest time of the year,

and the worst time for someone to grieve. The cold inhibits

itand intensifies his feelings. Making the cold feelings even

colder and making him feel empty and vast and lonely.

Seeing the Raven come, gives him a sort of closure. It may be

kind of messed up closure, and a sense of rather broad

closure, but he will feel better, knowing that his lost love and

him will never be reunited. This sort of twisted closure is

acquired by the fleeting feeling of sense of self. He is coming

to grips with the way The Raven will bring him help. He

desperately longs for company, the greif of his loss is too

much.

               "Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,

By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore.

"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven,

Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore-

Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"

Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore.' "
               
               "The Raven"



In the end, we watch as he slowly sinks away and lets his

depression engulf him. His Chair becomes his friend as the

Raven leaves with his heart and sould, leaving his body

behind, taking with him the very part of the character that

makes him live.

1. http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/neuro01/web3/Cohen.html

http://www.eliteskills.com/c/3698

http://www.poedecoder.com/essays/raven/

http://www.pdnonline.com/pdn/newswire/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002383134
Well then..
Ill say, fuck the congress.
Its wrong.
http://www.petitiononline.com/dAvsOW/petition.html
Sign this petition if you think they should keep copyrights on our photos!

I'm a total nerd ^_^ stoleedddd frommm [Scary Kids Scaring Kayla;]



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1. YOUR REAL NAME:
Erin

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first three letters of your name plus izzle)
Eriizzle

3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (fav. color & fav. animal)
Green rat

4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name & current street)
Marie Tilsen

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name & first 3 letters of dad's name)
Teperdwa

6. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color & favorite drink)
Silver Sprite

7. IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, any letter of your middle name, 2nd letter of your moms maiden name, 3rd letter of your dads middle name, 1st letter of a siblings first name & last letter of your moms middle name)
Rpie(idk)(no siblings)n

8. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mothers middle name)
Ann... (Ewwwness)

9. GOTH NAME: (3rd favorite color, and the name of one your pets)
Black Loki

I guess while I'm here..
My day has been going wonderfully.. I woke up, tired as hell but I guess it's all worked out.. I'm in the library right now, and i can honestly say, it smells like cat pee.. It really does..
And I'm really bored.. doing a research paper. It's on Charles Dickens, but i can't quite figure out how to pose an argument about him..
Maybe someone could help me?
Please?
Lol no, you don't have to do it..
It will bore you even more..
I know I'm bored as all hell right now.
I'll be off to lunch soon, but im not wuite looking forward to it..
It involve s painting someone's final art project, and so they can pass the class, they asked me to do it for them.
OH!!! And the books by Stephani Meyer, "Twilight" "New Moon" and "Eclipse" They are all gooood books.. I cant wait for the Fourth book to come out in September.. and the movie... it comes out in December...
I don't remember, the website, though, is
http://www.twilightlexiconblog.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOGggfIMFwQ
:) :) :) :)

Stolen from [Nazarath.93]

Timeline of Johnny Depp (for all you Depp fans out there)

In 1760(?) to 17(?)/ 18(?) he was a pirate
in 1799 He was a skinny constable combating a headless horseman
in 1837 he was married to a corpse
in 1874 He was a psychotic barber slitting throats
in 1904 he was writing peter pan
in 1950 he was a teen rebel
in 1959 he was an irish wanderer
in 1965ish he was a Platoon's interpreter
in 1971 he was a fraudulent druggie
in 1990 he was a unfinished experiment with scissor hands
in 1993 he was Gilbert Grape
in 1999 He was a rare book seller with satanic problems
in 2003 He was a corrupt CIA agent working in Mexico
in 2004 he was a schizophrenic writer in a bath robe.
and in 2005 he was a half sane Chocolateer

damn makes us wonder what hes gonna do next...busy guy huh?

"Dear angel
Where are your warming wings tonight?
it's so cold outside won't you hold me for a while?
And angel
I feel alone and unalive
The night is frozen and these tears have stung my eyes
Dreams my pass and dreams may fade
Nothing I love will stay the same
Nothing ever stays the same
So angel
I feel so numb and so far away
I can see myself on the pavement where I lay
Oh angel
Why do I stare so? What do I see?
Why do these lifeless eyes look that way back at me?
Dreams may pass and dreams may fade
Nothing I love will stay the same
Nothing under heaven stays the same
Dreams may pass and dreams may fade
Nothing I love will stay the same
Nothing ever stays the same."

-The Dying Song (A Footnote)
 -The Cruxshadows

I Admit, There Are Days Where I Just Can't Stand What I See In The Mirror, But I Just Say Fuck It, And Move On.
I Don't Try To Be Someone I'm Not.
I'm Random And Sarcastic And That's Not Going To Change.
I Have A Short-Attention Span, And Become Bored Easily.
I Love My Friends.
They're The Ones I Look Up To. They Make My World Go 'Round.
I'm Not An Outdoorsy Person.
I'm A Loser/Dork. And I'm Ok With That.
I Love The Color Black.
I'm Not Gothic, Emo, I'm Just Me.
I Hate Sterotypes. STOP LABLEING PEOPLE!
I Make Mistakes, And Have A Few Regrets But I Wouldn't Change My Life For Anything.
Music Is Pretty Much My Life.
When I'm Bored I Write Poems, Songs And Stories.
I Don't Want To Hear About Your Drama, I Don't Give A Fuck.
Other Then That, I'll Talk To Whoever About Whatever.

\\\\ Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half of the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
Bertrand Russell
(1872-1970////
"Erotic nightmares, beyond any measure
And sensual daydreams to treasure forever.
Can't you just see it? Oh, oh, oh.
Don't dream it - be it"
Dr. Frank ( rocky horror pitucre show )

Me: Ahem. The Random Thought Connection game!!!!
Chr: Little hands!
Me: Lumpy bumps.
Chr: I'm shrinking!
Me: Wendys.
Chr: "OH MY GOD I ITCH!"
Me: I'm going to marry the keebler elf.
Chr: "I'LL FINGER HER TO DEATH!"
Me: The gagging comment!
Chr: I can make you smile.
Me: Unnecissary noises.
Chr: Unnecissary high pitched singing voices.
Me: The word Unnecissary.
Chr: You running into walls.
Me: You loser-jerk-asshole-dummy-face
Chr: Grr faces.
Me: GUESS WHAT!
   Erin Says.
Chr: knock knock.
Me: a fucking pirate ship
Chr: you fuck penguins!
Me: mechanical horses
Chr: camping
Me: yiah!
Chr: popcorn
Me: You killing bugs! :'(
Chr: ripping and tearing
Me: petey
   You attempting to shave Petey.
   Your battlescars from failed attempts at shaving Peter.
Chr: penis and wonton. the forgotten sons.
Me:whaaaaaat
Chr: the hey game (:
Me: mozilla or firefox?
Chr: purple hotel rooms
Me: ohio is one of the 13 original colonies.
Chr: illinois is right next to ohio.
Me: tell me a story about a princess named Erin.
Chr: N!O (n-exclamationpoint-oo?)
Me: i will create a can that says soda instead of pop
Chr: stop whining
Me: jose the cub scout
Chr: reaching noises
Me: 'hold on i gotta spit' (Chris) 'but dont you swallow?'
Chr: peace out cub scout
Me: you take your pants off for your sister.
Chr: i'm not going to tell you when i'm coming.
Me: ass you're horrible
Chr: if i sleep naked then i'll get too cold and my balls will   crawl into my ass. and my penis will fall off.
Me: where's the black market?
Chr: medical research
Me: i buttcheck you.

For though's of you that kno wat i'm talkin about...you might feel old after reading this, shit i kno i did...

Anybody under the age of 13 should not read this, and if you do, you should not repost this.

Just because you were born in '97 doesn't mean you're a 90's kid.

It's not like you could remember the original Simpsons. I am sorry but three conscious years of the 90's just wont cut it.

You're a 90's kid if:

You remember watching Doug, Ren & Stimpy, Pinky and the Brain , and Two Stupid Dogs.

AAAAAAAH real monsters.

You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE!

You just cant resist finishing this... "Iiiiiiin west philladelphia born and raised..."

You remember TGIF on ABC. Step by Step, Family Matters, Dinosaurs, and Boy Meets World.

You remember when, 2Pac and Selena died.

You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

You remember reading "Goosebumps"

You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.

You remember the craze, then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.

You still get the urge to say "NOT" after (almost) every sentence...Not...

You used to listen to the radio all day long just to record "Your FAVORITE song of ALL time"

Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show.

Captain Planet. He's a Hero.

You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together.

You remember when super nintendo's and Sega Genisis became popular.

You always wanted to send in a tape to America's Funniest Home Videos... but never taped anything funny.

You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3........and tried to pull the pranks on "intruders"

You remember watching The Magic School Bus, Wishbone, and Reading Rainbow on PBS.

You remember when Yomega Yo-Yos were cool.

when you were grown up when you turned 7, cuz you could watch are you afraid of the dark because it was tvY7!

You remember those Where's Waldo books..

You remember when Mortal Kombat Was "Da Bomb"!

U remember eating Warheads.(those sour candys)

You remember watching the 1st Batman, Aladin, Ninja Turtles, and 3 Ninjas movies.

U remember Ring Pops.

U remember drinkin' Fruitopia and Surge.

if you memeber when every thing was "da BOMB"

when they made the new lunchables so that you could make tacos and pizza!!

You remember boom boxes vs. cd players

Writing M.A.S.H. notes. (and the twenty different versions of that)

Making those little paper fortune cookie things.. and then predicting your life with them.

You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell"

You played and/or collected "Pogs"

You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere

...Furbies.

You haven't always had a computer, and it was cool to have the internet.

And Windows 95 was the best.

You watched the original cartoons of Rugrats, Power Rangers,and Ninja Turtles.

You had a favorite New Kid on the block, and you knew all of there names

Michael Jordan was a king.

Yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff!

All your school supplies were "Lisa Frank" brand.(pencils.notebooks.binders.etc.)

You remember when the new Beanie Babies and talking Elmo were always sold out.

You collected those Beanie Babies.

Growing Pains.

Carebears and The Gummy Bear show.

Gak was the coolest thing invented.

Lambchop's song never ended.

The old dollar bills.

Silver dollars, were cool that have.

You remember a time before the WB.

You collected all the Troll dolls

You owned a portable tape player.

If you even know what an original walkman is.

You remember wanting to sit on the orange Nickelodeon couch.


You've gotten creeped out by "Are You Afraid of the Dark?"

You know the Macarena by heart.

You remember having a gigapet.


"Talk to the hand" ... enough said

You always said, "Then why don't you marry it!"

You know the significance of the number 23.

You went to McD's to play in the playplace.


You remember playing on merry go rounds...at the play ground.











When we were younger:

Before the MySpace frenzy...

Before the Internet & text messaging...

Before Sidekicks & iPods...

Before MIKE JONES...

Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX...

Before Sponge Bob
...Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.

When light up sneakers were cool.


When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.

When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.

When we recorded stuff on VCRs .

When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.

When 2Pac and Biggie where alive.

When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.

Way back.

when it was all about N64.

when you had a wind breaker w/bright colored sleeves

WHEN YOU TRADED POKEMON CARDS FOR A LIVING

Before we realized all this would eventually disappear

Who would have thought you'd miss the 90's so much!!!!!

JULY=ATTITUDE
outgoing personality. takes risks. feeds on
attention. no self control. kind hearted. self
confident. loud and boisterous. VERY revengeful.
easy to get along with and talk to. has an "every
thing's peachy" attitude. likes talking and singing.
loves music. daydreamer. easily distracted. Hates
not being trusted. BIG imagination. loves to be
loved. hates studying. in need of "that someone".
longs for freedom. rebellious when withheld or
restricted. lives by "no pain no gain" caring.
always a suspect. playful. mysterious. "charming"
or "beautiful" to everyone. stubborn. curious.
independent. strong willed. a fighter.