The Raven

The Raven, written by Edgar Allan Poe, is an example of American gothic literature due to its mysterious, dark, and frightening tone. The story is set in a huge isolated house during a cold December night. The narrator gets a visit from a raven, who he believes is a ghost. The narrator seems to have psychological issues caused by a painful loss that has had a negative impact on his mentality. The raven signifies the narrators lost love, Lenore, who evidently dwells in his mind and has an actual sprit which lives through the bird. From the depiction of the text, the reader can tell that the loss of Lenore was a dark and unhappy one, which has left an unescapable darkness and unhappiness in his soul. Lenore is forever haunting him in his head, and his imagination seems to be turning into his reality. I personally enjoyed reading this story because of the supernatural setting and events that Poe has provided in his work.