Literature can be such an abstract thing to talk about sometimes. Birds are often used as symbols of hope, freedom, and light; however, are hardly used in an aphotic way. In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Raven”, he uses birds in a very somber and caliginous way. Poe uses the raven in such a way as to explain his insanities as a ghost at the door, lenore, and also to a evil figure. Poe uses his insanities as a ghost to explain that there was nothing at the door; although thought of to be his neighbor, and resulted in being the raven. The narrator states, “And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door”, to “Darkness there and nothing more”.(313). Poe states this to show there was nothing there in his sight when he opened the