What Is The Raven Like In The 1800's
“The Raven” written by Edgar Allan Poe during the 1800’s which was considered the Romantic Era of writing. This story tells of a man mourning over his lost love, Lenore. He was sitting reading to get his mind off his love, but there was a sound from the chamber door. When he goes to check there is nothing. He then discovers the Raven above his door. He sits down and asks the raven questions. The Raven responds with “Nevermore”. The young man thinks he is going crazy because he catches a strong smell of perfume that only his lost love wore. The man begins to realize it is the Ravens doing as something evil to come haunt him. This story is a great representation of American life during the 1800’s. The Romantic Era was used to show/represent strong
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emotion, such as horror, awe, terror, and loss. At first when the Raven was introduced the man shows a strong emotion of awe.
“But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only,
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing further then he uttered - not a feather then he fluttered -
Till I scarcely more than muttered `Other friends have flown before -
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.'
Then the bird said, `Nevermore.'”
In this part you can sense the awe that the man was giving.
The strength of emotion gives an idea of the writing done throughout the 1800’s (Romantic Era). Writes used nature to give a sense of connection that narrators had with their loves. Although the connection with nature was stronger than the narrator would develop with an actual person. This kind of writing helped understand the feelings and thoughts these authors had.
“The Story of An Hour” is a short story written by Kate Chopin in 1894. The story is about a young woman, Louise Mallard, who is introduced as being “afflicted with heart trouble”. Her sister therefore has to be careful with breaking the news about her husband’s death. When Louise is first told she locks herself in the room to mourn. As she sits there she starts to feel a spirit come upon her like she was freed. Once this is happens, Mr. Mallard shows up appearing to be alive. The shock from this then killed her. This story shows a different things that were going on in the 1800s. This was the time of the Industrial revolution. Mr. Mallard was said to be killed in a railroad accident. A telegram was the easiest way to give news at the time. The story does not give an exact reason to why she felt this feeling of freedom. We can guess that it was because she had a miserable marriage. So she felt a sense of freedom to do things her way in life. Therefore she died of shock when she saw that her husband was well and alive.
These stories show difference in literature during these times in the 1800’s. “The Raven” shows the culture of basing work on nature and the natural world, while “The Story of an Hour” shows the culture of every day thinking and living. “The Raven” shows the Romantic Era and how nature was a big part. “The Story of an Hour” shows the life during the industrial revolution and the emotion women had towards their freedom. During that time women did not have many rights as we do now. Therefore when they were not married they had the freedom to live life the way they wanted to. These stories give different perspectives to how people lived their lives.
emotion, such as horror, awe, terror, and loss. At first when the Raven was introduced the man shows a strong emotion of awe.
“But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only,
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing further then he uttered - not a feather then he fluttered -
Till I scarcely more than muttered `Other friends have flown before -
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before.'
Then the bird said, `Nevermore.'”
In this part you can sense the awe that the man was giving.
The strength of emotion gives an idea of the writing done throughout the 1800’s (Romantic Era). Writes used nature to give a sense of connection that narrators had with their loves. Although the connection with nature was stronger than the narrator would develop with an actual person. This kind of writing helped understand the feelings and thoughts these authors had.
“The Story of An Hour” is a short story written by Kate Chopin in 1894. The story is about a young woman, Louise Mallard, who is introduced as being “afflicted with heart trouble”. Her sister therefore has to be careful with breaking the news about her husband’s death. When Louise is first told she locks herself in the room to mourn. As she sits there she starts to feel a spirit come upon her like she was freed. Once this is happens, Mr. Mallard shows up appearing to be alive. The shock from this then killed her. This story shows a different things that were going on in the 1800s. This was the time of the Industrial revolution. Mr. Mallard was said to be killed in a railroad accident. A telegram was the easiest way to give news at the time. The story does not give an exact reason to why she felt this feeling of freedom. We can guess that it was because she had a miserable marriage. So she felt a sense of freedom to do things her way in life. Therefore she died of shock when she saw that her husband was well and alive.
These stories show difference in literature during these times in the 1800’s. “The Raven” shows the culture of basing work on nature and the natural world, while “The Story of an Hour” shows the culture of every day thinking and living. “The Raven” shows the Romantic Era and how nature was a big part. “The Story of an Hour” shows the life during the industrial revolution and the emotion women had towards their freedom. During that time women did not have many rights as we do now. Therefore when they were not married they had the freedom to live life the way they wanted to. These stories give different perspectives to how people lived their lives.