As we all know Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most interesting writer in all Americas literary history, leaving us with such capturing and amazing literary works that will always be remembered. His works will always continue to amaze us in various ways, one of them being his master piece "The Raven", that leaves us with the a very intriguing question, is the raven in Edgar Allan Poe 's poem real? One of the fundamentals to get to the answer of this question is acknowledging that is a matter of perspective. This narrator, the main character of "The Raven", is madly sorrow by the lost of loved one, this depression leads him to start talking to a bird that will probably not be there in that type of scenario (appearing on a window or a stormy night), but the narrator says that it was in search of shelter. By the madness of the narrator that is created by the loss of …show more content…
"Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, in there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore."- Edgar Allan Poe the Raven
This will become the first encounter of the narrator with the Raven. This first encounter being very descriptive in the way this bird did his entrance to the house of the narrator. Immediately after the birds entrance the narrator curiosity starts to show up, by asking this unknown creature to let his name be known. Is important to notice that asking as bird for his name is not a very common behavior of fully conscious or sane person, this way we can start to see the level of insanity of the narrator. "Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, by the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, "though thy crest be shorn and shaven thou," I said, "art sure no craven, ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from nightly shore- Tell me what thy lordly name is on the night 's Plutonian shore!" Quoth the Raven "Nevermore" – Edgar Allan Poe the