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    Relative Deprivation is the worst Vice Gothic elements are the predominant motif throughout the literary works: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn and The Black Cat and The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe. Psychological issues are portrayed through each of these selections of literature through a mental breakdown of the protagonist due to the lose a previous entitlement. Throughout the whole poem of The Raven, the unnamed protagonist is in a state of complete self-desolation mourning the loss of his…

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    The atmosphere of the raven is creepy, he makes it creepy by using setting, imagery, repetition. It makes the reader feel like he might want to be more careful. The poem the raven takes place at his house late at night. Edgar Allen Poe the author of the raven uses all these in a great way. Edgar Allen Poe is a great poem writer because of all of these things. The Raven uses setting to describe the atmosphere. He says it's midnight and his wife just died and there is also a raven saying…

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    The Raven Rhyme Scheme

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    Edgar Allan Poe is arguably most remembered for his poem “The Raven.” In its entirety, “The Raven” creates the scene of a depressed author finally receiving a glimmer of hope, only for it to be dashed away just as suddenly as it appeared. Stanza seventeen of “The Raven” focuses on the reaction of the author immediately after his hope has been destroyed by the dark bird. “‘Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!’ I shrieked, upstarting” is the first line of the seventeenth stanza.…

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    Symbolism of the Raven What does the Raven symbolize? The Raven symbolizes grief. In the poem the bird keeps saying “nevermore,” the narrator repeats “nothing more,” and in the end of the poem the Raven sits above the chamber door never leaving. In the poem the Raven symbolizes grief. As the poem progresses, it is revealed that the narrator had a love named Lenore and she has died. In the poem the narrator states “It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore - clasp a rare and…

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    Edgar Allan Poe “I took from my waistcoat-pocket a pen-knife, opened it, grasped the poor beast by the throat, and deliberately cut one of it’s eyes from the socket!” This came from the short story “The Black Cat” written by Edgar Allen Poe. Edgar Allan Poe’s stories are very depressing and filled with grief because of all the death in his life. In most of Poe’s stories, the narrators wanted to solve a problem or have revenge, but they went about it in a violent way. People were killed and the…

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    Although many stories written by Edgar Allen Poe tend to be a dark form literature, the underlining meanings and symbolism he incorporates within his works create the path for interesting plot lines. “The Cask of Amontillado” is a short story written by Poe that is vastly known for its . In “The Cask of Amontillado” Poe uses the character, Montresor, as in evil, villainous narrator who is seeking vengeance upon Fortunado by betraying him and leaving him to die. Poe uses Montresor in “The Cask…

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    The Raven Poem Mood

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    For a man who was truly in love, life without that person isn’t always easy. So, in the poem “The Raven” that is what happens. A little bird comes and interrupts a man’s sorrow of his lost. And when the man asks questions he replies “Nevermore.” So, this essay will discuss what the reply “Nevermore.” means, how the tone and mood of the poem changes, and why does “Nevermore.” enrage the narrator. When the narrator ask questions directed to the Raven and the Raven replies “Nevermore.”,…

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    Writing Assignment 1 According to the article, “What would Handel do? Historically informed performance, then and now” written by Matthew Lynch, Lynch states that HIP or Historical informed performance was established by Arnold Dolmetsch, who built, published, and worked with music which extends back into the late 19th century. Lynch mentions that HIP movement was developed as people wanted to rediscover, learn the technique, play (on the original instruments) and listen to old music. However,…

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    Reading Log Poetry

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    reading log poetry #2 incident in a rose garden short answer When the gardener saw death he instantly recognized him even though he has never seen him before. “ I knew him by the pictures” (justice line 4) Death was wearing a black coat ,black gloves , and a black hat. The gardener thought that death came for him so he went running to his master. Death told the gardener he did wrong by running away because he did not come for the gardener he came for his master. structured paragraph In the…

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    Sheet Music

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    What is sheet music? Is it a magical piece of writing that only musicians can read and that allow them to play their instruments like experts? No, sheet music is just a form of musical notation, be it written by hand or printed. Normally sheet music is like its other printed kin in that it is usually found printed on paper. Before paper was a readily available medium parchment was the medium of choice. Now in the computer age "sheet" music is also readily available online as well. One of the…

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