Depression In The Raven

Throughout Poe’s life and in The Raven there are themes of loneliness, depression, and mourning. Loneliness representing Poe losing multiple female role models in his life, Depression representing his Adoptive father leaving him out of his will. Do to all this mourn and grief. In The Raven loneliness is shown by Poe missing Lenore and not knowing how to cope without her. Depression is shown by Poe sitting in a dark room all alone with no one to talk to and nothing to do to pass time but read to try to forget about Lenore. Poe uses the raven itself to show mourning in The Raven. In The Raven there are themes of loneliness, depression, and, mourning. Loneliness in The Raven is shown by Poe missing Lenore. One dark and dreary night when he was weak and weary he tries to forget about Lenore by reading to pass time. When Poe is napping he starts whispering Lenore's name and the only answer is the echo in his dark Chamber. Does Poe have any friends or family to talk to or when the raven comes in his room why does he talk to it? He is used to people leaving him so he's not going to try and get the raven to leave because he knows he'll leave in the morning just like everyone

He is unsure on how to go out and be happy without Lenore. So when someone comes knocking at his door it takes him a moment to react to what is happening, therefore he claims he was napping and that the knocking was too light to hear, but when he goes to the door there is no one there. The knocking continues so he comes to the conclusion that it must be something at his window. He was thinking or dreaming about things that no mortal had ever thought before and thinking of the worst places where Lenore could be. He sits there engaged in what the raven will do next. Poe is angered by the fact that all the raven will say is nevermore so he claims the bird to be evil and the works of the