Often times, the smallest things can set someone off. In Poe’s poem, “The Raven,” there are many occasions where it seems that the speaker is being haunted by a supernatural being. There are many pieces of evidence to support the idea that the speaker is insane, as a result of the haunting. Given this information, it is possible to believe that the speaker was driven insane by a supernatural being, in this case, the Raven. The combination of the speaker’s sorrow and desperation for his lost love, and the effects of the Raven would easily cause the speaker to be driven to insanity.
At the beginning of the poem, it is apparent that the speaker is not completely mentally healthy. The second stanza states, “Eagerly I wished the morrow;---vainly I …show more content…
An ordinary raven would not be able to stay with the speaker constantly, supporting the point that it is not an ordinary raven (Poe 7). The Raven is also likened to a demon revealing the kind of hell that the speaker has been through by just interacting with it. He even continues to state that he is trapped in his own hell and, “Shall be lifted – nevermore!” (Poe 108)
There are many instances where the speaker is seen in a state of weakness and mental instability. After the introduction of the Raven, the speaker continues to become more psychotic. Based on how the speaker reacted to the Raven, it obviously had a powerful effect. The Raven might have been sent to torture the speaker or maybe it was just being mischievous as ravens in myths and stories tend to be. Whatever the reason was, it obviously had a major negative impact on the speaker. The lingering effects of Lenore’s death and the torturous mocking of the Raven caused the speaker to be driven
At the beginning of the poem, it is apparent that the speaker is not completely mentally healthy. The second stanza states, “Eagerly I wished the morrow;---vainly I …show more content…
An ordinary raven would not be able to stay with the speaker constantly, supporting the point that it is not an ordinary raven (Poe 7). The Raven is also likened to a demon revealing the kind of hell that the speaker has been through by just interacting with it. He even continues to state that he is trapped in his own hell and, “Shall be lifted – nevermore!” (Poe 108)
There are many instances where the speaker is seen in a state of weakness and mental instability. After the introduction of the Raven, the speaker continues to become more psychotic. Based on how the speaker reacted to the Raven, it obviously had a powerful effect. The Raven might have been sent to torture the speaker or maybe it was just being mischievous as ravens in myths and stories tend to be. Whatever the reason was, it obviously had a major negative impact on the speaker. The lingering effects of Lenore’s death and the torturous mocking of the Raven caused the speaker to be driven