100: Halloween Special! Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-tale Heart, The Cask of Amontillado, & The Raven
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The Raven, a Poem About Death
The raven is a poem about death, and for edgar, it isn't a pretty picture. It's a powerful scene as it depicts the symbol of death putting under foot or claw rather reason and wisdom. Edgar could be influenced by jeremiah eight 22 in the old testament, which reads, is there no balm in gilead? Is there no physician there? Symbolically, though, it echoes cries for divine rest and relief from suffering. And to this, the raven replies once again, nevermore.
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