Allusion In The Raven

"An allusion is a brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance. It does not describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers. It is just a passing comment and the writer expects the reader to possess enough knowledge to spot the allusion and grasp its importance in a text.". In more simplified words it means that the the person or thing may or may not be real, allusion was really used in the narration of the Raven.

The character of the Raven is believed to be a non-fictional character because he does speak of him and is described as a real character, but we infer that he is a non existent character because he could just give a sad appearance of loss and imagining everything that happened throughout the story.

And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain

Thrilled me — filled me with fantastic terrors never felt

The mood is this narrative is very important because it gives it an effect of mystery, but it gives the essential gothic that Poe gives in narratives. The story has a really spooky side to it, but it has the typical Poe gothic unique style, but it add the uncertain feeling while reading the narrative.

In the beginning of the story as he describes the setting and mood of the story and the image that 's on the beginning we can imagine the Raven 's characteristics, we can infer that the Raven is portrayed as a dark animal and it symbolizes death which gives a more deep perspective of what 's happening in the story.

The setting of the narrative gives a very dark and scary feeling, from the description of chamber until the slow movement of the curtains because of the rushing air. Poe 's narrative have always had an important characteristic that 's making readers to feel the way the characters feel. In this narrative it makes the reader infer into believing that something was going to happen in his dorm, and that it would be something dark and