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Example 4: "But with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door. "
Element: Appreciation of nature
Why: The narrator emphasizes the royalty of the raven by saying it has a mien of a lord or lady.
Example 5: "Perched upon a bust of Pallas, just above my chamber door."
Element: Preoccupation with the exceptional figure
Why:The raven is on the bust of Pallas (Athena, the goddess of wisdom) because it is wise.
Example 6:"Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor."
Element: Consuming interest with the monstrous and satanic
Why: The use of the word "ghost" denotes the supernatural and the setting is "bleak," cold, and dark. The narrator is grieving the loss of someone he loved.
Example 7: "Quoth the raven, "Nevermore.""
Element: Emphasis on imagination
Why: The narrator shows heightened imagination by constantly repeating this phrase, even though the raven cannot actually speak.
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Example 1: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary.."
Element: Turning upon the self
Why: This line shows that the tone of the narrator is about to shift.
Example 2: "Deep into the darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before"
Element: Individual creator
Why: The narrator believes that his dreams are one of a kind and that no one has dreamed them before.
Example 3: "Sent thee respite--respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore! Quaff, of quaff this kind of nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!"
Element: Emotion over reason
Why: The narrator is exalting his emotions over reason and believes that the raven was sent by an angel to remind him of his lost love Lenore.
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There is often a new view of the artist as a supremely individual creator (Kubla Khan).
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The characters exhibit a turning in upon the self and a heightened examination of human personality.
The work shows a preoccupation with the genius, the hero, and the exceptional figure.
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Literary works exhibit a consuming interest in folk culture, national and ethnic cultural origins, and the medieval times and a fascination with the exotic, the remote, the mysterious, the weird, the occult, the monstrous, the diseased, and even the satanic.
The work shows an emphasis on imagination as a gateway to transcendent experience and spiritual truth.
2.There is a general exaltation of emotion over reason and of sense over intellect.
The attitudes of the artist show a deepened appreciation of the beauties of nature.