Characteristics
Feelings are extremely important, sometimes more important than logic. Love, grief, fear, passion, loneliness
Emotion
What does the raven most likely represent?
Death, loss, and hopelessness
In “The Tell-Tale Heart,” why does the narrator kill the old man?
His eye "bothers" him.
Who is the main character and what does he do for a living?
Ichabod Crane. Schoolmaster.
What is Georgiana's main flaw according to her husband?
The hand-shaped birthmark on her cheek
Reveals truths that logic cannot.Dreams, fantasy, unusual ideas
Imagination
Who is the narrator mourning in “The Raven”?
Lenore
What does the narrator hear after the murder?
A heartbeat
Who is the love interest?
Katrina Van Tassel
What does Aylmer attempt to do?
Remove it with a potion
Interest in things that cannot be explained logically.Ghosts, monsters, dreams, visions.
The supernatural
In Edgar Allan Poe's “The Raven,” what does the raven repeatedly say?
Nevermore
What ultimately causes the narrator to confess?
His guilt overwhelms him
Who is the rival?
Brom Bones
What does the birthmark symbolize?
Human imperfection and mortality
Explored emotionally and philosophically.Grief, loss, fear of death, what happens after death.
Death/Mortality
Romanticism placed a strong emphasis on?
Emotion, imagination, and nature
Both narrators in Poe's stories exhibit what state of mind?
Troubled
What is the main mystery surrounding the Headless Horseman?
Whether he is real or just a legend
What happens to Georgiana at the end of the story?
She dies after the birthmark disappears.
Interest in history, legends, myths, and earlier cultures.Medieval settings, folklore, old traditions
The Past
Dark Romanticism often explores?
Evil, guilt, fear, and human flaws
In what ways doe Poe suggest the narrator may not be stable?
He repeatedly insists that he is sane, hears a heartbeat that grows louder, and becomes increasingly overwhelmed by his own thoughts.
How does Ichabod's desire for wealth negatively impact him?
He attends the Van Tassel party to see her and disappears that night.
Who is the author?
Nathaniel Hawthorne