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The Raven. By Edgar Allan Poe Pages 312-317. http://s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/wootsaleimages/Quoth_the_Raven22wDetail.jpg. Setting. Describe the setting of the room. a chamber, midnight, dark, dreary (think The Simpsons ) Describe the speaker. a young student who has lost his love.
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The Raven By Edgar Allan Poe Pages 312-317 http://s3-external-1.amazonaws.com/wootsaleimages/Quoth_the_Raven22wDetail.jpg
Setting • Describe the setting of the room. • a chamber, midnight, dark, dreary (think The Simpsons) • Describe the speaker. • a young student who has lost his love
Plot • What does the narrator expect to find when he opens the door? • a visitor • What does he find instead? • “Darkness there and nothing more.” • What is his first reaction to the raven? • amused, glad to have company
Plot • When the raven first says “Nevermore” what is the speaker’s guess as to why? • it is the bird’s name • What is his next guess as to why the raven is saying “Nevermore”? • it is the only word that his master has taught him to say
Plot • Near the end of the poem what two questions does the speaker ask the Raven to which it responds “Nevermore”? • Will he get over his suffering? • “Respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore” • “Is there balm in Gilead?” • Will he see Lenore again? • “Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,/ It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore.”
Literary Elements • The theme of The Raven is best described as the pain of • The speaker’s tone toward the raven undergoes what transition? • from amusement to annoyance to rage lost love.
Inference • We can infer from the ending of the poem that • the speaker will never escape his despair
Symbols • What does the raven symbolize? • divine judgment • “perched upon a bust of Pallas” • “Night’s Plutonian shore” • “thy God have lent thee – by these angels he hath sent thee” • “prophet still, if bird or devil”
Symbols • What does the raven symbolize? • obsessive mourning • “And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor/ Shall be lifted – nevermore!”
Onomatopoeia • Which word in the following passage is an example of onomatopoeia? • “While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,/As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door-” • tapping • rapping
Alliteration Once upon a midnight dreary, I pondered and Over many a and volume of forgotten lore—While I suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door— `Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door—Only this, and nothing more. while weak weary, quaint curious nodded, nearly napping,
Rhyme Scheme • What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? End rhyme Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -Only this, and nothing more.'
Rhyme Scheme • What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? End rhyme Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -Only this, and nothing more.'
Rhyme Scheme • What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? End rhyme Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -Only this, and nothing more.'
Rhyme Scheme • What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? End rhyme Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -Only this, and nothing more.'
Rhyme Scheme • What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? End rhyme Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -Only this, and nothing more.'
Rhyme Scheme • What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? End rhyme Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -Only this, and nothing more.'
Rhyme Scheme • What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? End rhyme – abcbbb Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -Only this, and nothing more.'
Rhyme Scheme • What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? Internal rhyme Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -Only this, and nothing more.'
Rhyme Scheme • What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? Internal rhyme Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -Only this, and nothing more.'
Rhyme Scheme • What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? Internal rhyme Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -Only this, and nothing more.'
Rhyme Scheme • What rhyme scheme did Poe use in The Raven? Internal rhyme Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.`'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door -Only this, and nothing more.'
The Black Cat Main Characters Narrator • Kind, animal lover who turns abusive and insane due to alcohol Wife • innocent, patient, caring Cats • loyal, tormenting
The Black Cat Setting • house and its cellar Where is the narrator as he writes? • jail awaiting execution What crime did he commit? • murdered his wife and cat Is he remorseful? • no
The Black Cat Why is the story a flashback? • he starts writing about current situation and flashes back to the story about how he got in jail Why did he get caught by police • the cat was making noises in the wall
The Black Cat Compare the two cats in the story • Pluto – all black • Second – all black except for white spot on the breast, missing eye How does the narrator describe himself? • A normal man who turns violent and crazy due to alcohol
The Black Cat How does the narrator behave? • Neurotic, violent On what does the narrator blame his behavior? • alcohol, first cat What is the disconnect between the way he views himself and his actual behavior? • He views himself as sane but his actions say otherwise
A Rose for Emily • “So she vanquished them, horse and foot, just as she had vanquished their fathers thirty years before about the smell.” Where does the smell come from? • Miss Emily’s unclean house • the decaying body of Homer Baron • a rat or snake that was killed in Miss Emily’s yard
A Rose for Emily 1. “So she vanquished them, horse and foot, just as she had vanquished their fathers thirty years before about the smell.” Where does the smell come from? • Miss Emily’s unclean house • the decaying body of Homer Baron • a rat or snake that was killed in Miss Emily’s yard
A Rose for Emily 2. “She told them that her father was not dead.” Why does Miss Emily tell the visiting ladies this information? • She has a good imagination. • Her father is not really dead. • She is too proud to accept their pity.
A Rose for Emily 2. “She told them that her father was not dead.” Why does Miss Emily tell the visiting ladies this information? • She has a good imagination. • Her father is not really dead. • She is too proud to accept their pity.
A Rose for Emily 3. “’Do you suppose it’s really so?’ they said to one another. ‘Of course it is. What else could …’” What fact does this open-ended sentence refer to? • Miss Emily’s possible relationship with a laborer • The fact that Miss Emily has no family in Jefferson • Her father’s legal troubles over the estate of old lady Wyatt
A Rose for Emily 3. “’Do you suppose it’s really so?’ they said to one another. ‘Of course it is. What else could …’” What fact does this open-ended sentence refer to? • Miss Emily’s possible relationship with a laborer • The fact that Miss Emily has no family in Jefferson • Her father’s legal troubles over the estate of old lady Wyatt