In his short writings, Poe often portrays the ideas of a double personality that represents the narrator’s subconscious or his primal instincts. In "The Raven," the narrator encounters a double that represents his inner fears of depression, which eventually overpowers his rational self. Although the narrator of "The Raven" initially ignores the bird that appears to be intruding into his mind, he concludes the poem by interpreting the word that the bird repeated, "Nevermore", as the denial of all his hopes and that he has projected his soul into the body of the bird. Poe explores the idea of a double self in several ways. One is the destructive model which results in a constant struggle between a character and their inner subconscious, such