Mood In Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”, is about a man, who is mourning the death of his love, Lenore. Based on context words, the main character is a chaotic man. The character heard a mysterious tapping sound, he checked the door of his chamber, nothing there. Then, the man checked the window to decipher this mysterious noise, when in flew a raven and perched itself atop of the bust of Pallas. The raven simply stated one simple word, nevermore. The character began getting angry with the ebony bird, asking for death and for relief of the lost Lenore. Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” has an insane, and also depressing mood. Instead of the depressing and insane mood Poe brings to the reader's attention in “The Raven”, Matt Groening creates an over dramatic …show more content…
In The Simpsons’ version, Groening tends to exaggerate many things. Also, he likes to create a humorous mood, but for many, it’s pathetic, and it’s an obnoxious. “The Raven” is not a joke, but Matt Groening makes it like one. Throughout “The Raven” Edgar Allan Poe sets the stage with a depressing mood. First of all, Poe creates the mood with the setting. “Here I opened wide the door darkness there, and nothing more,” (Poe 22-23) helps establish the dark, dreary and depressing mood, by using the word “darkness” (Poe 23). When the narrator states the darkness, it makes the reader wonder, who is out there? The main character is using these selective words, in the setting to symbolize and organize his thoughts. Also, they are clearer for the reader, to understand his depressed mood in losing the lost Lenore. In addition, also supporting the depressed mood in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” Poe inserts many symbols intentionally. The symbols capture the reader's attention. For example, one use of symbols, used by Poe is, “Perched upon a bust of Pallas” (Poe 41). The bust of Pallas can