Hel; Lo I Anm Called
Does ‘The Raven’ Fit into the Horror Genre?
I believe that ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allen Poe fits into the horror genre for many reasons. The use of symbolism, such as the raven representing the devil and bringing evil to the narrator, makes the reader feel as scared as the narrator is. The use of different poetic techniques such as personification and repetition also give some words more meaning, again making the reader feel just as afraid as the narrator is. Finally, the narrator is isolated inside his bedroom with the evil raven just outside, therefore the narrator can not leave his room, but his memories of his dead wife, Lenore, are haunting him and are being isolated inside his head. Poe also set ‘The Raven’ at night with poor weather conditions, where there is poor visibility, making the reader fear what could be around the narrator.
Firstly, ‘The Raven’ is set in an isolated area where the narrator is trapped inside his chamber with the raven just outside, seemingly terrorising the narrator and bringing back memories of Lenore back to him. The narrator, instead of leaving the room which has so many memories of his lost wife, stays inside it for an unknown reason, but possibly so he does not forget his dead lover. But then he feels isolated inside it and it seems as though his memories are haunting him. The evidence we have of this is that Poe describes how the narrator stays inside his chamber by saying: ‘Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning’. Here, Poe uses internal rhyme, emphasizing the words ‘turning’ and ‘burning’. The ‘turning’ is to show how the narrator is trapped inside his room because he turns back into it as to remember Lenore, but then his memories of her are trapped inside his mind and he can not forget them. The ‘burning’ is to show how his memories are haunting him, and the raven is trapping him inside so he can only remember Lenore, causing him a lot of grief and sorrow and driving him insane. The raven
I believe that ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allen Poe fits into the horror genre for many reasons. The use of symbolism, such as the raven representing the devil and bringing evil to the narrator, makes the reader feel as scared as the narrator is. The use of different poetic techniques such as personification and repetition also give some words more meaning, again making the reader feel just as afraid as the narrator is. Finally, the narrator is isolated inside his bedroom with the evil raven just outside, therefore the narrator can not leave his room, but his memories of his dead wife, Lenore, are haunting him and are being isolated inside his head. Poe also set ‘The Raven’ at night with poor weather conditions, where there is poor visibility, making the reader fear what could be around the narrator.
Firstly, ‘The Raven’ is set in an isolated area where the narrator is trapped inside his chamber with the raven just outside, seemingly terrorising the narrator and bringing back memories of Lenore back to him. The narrator, instead of leaving the room which has so many memories of his lost wife, stays inside it for an unknown reason, but possibly so he does not forget his dead lover. But then he feels isolated inside it and it seems as though his memories are haunting him. The evidence we have of this is that Poe describes how the narrator stays inside his chamber by saying: ‘Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning’. Here, Poe uses internal rhyme, emphasizing the words ‘turning’ and ‘burning’. The ‘turning’ is to show how the narrator is trapped inside his room because he turns back into it as to remember Lenore, but then his memories of her are trapped inside his mind and he can not forget them. The ‘burning’ is to show how his memories are haunting him, and the raven is trapping him inside so he can only remember Lenore, causing him a lot of grief and sorrow and driving him insane. The raven