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Paradox In The Three Ravens

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“The Three Ravens”, a ballad, portrays a lot of characters whom show contradictory and many kinds of paradox’s. There are many characters in this poem, all showing instances of irony. The poem is from the point of view of three ravens who are sitting on a tree thinking about what they will eat for breakfast. There is a corpse of a slain knight below them that fascinates the ravens. Consequently, there is a “doe”, a term for lover, that comes to save the dead knight from the feast of the ravens. This is a paradox because we do not know how the knight died. The doe gives the knight dignity although the knight was killed. The knight was not successful, although, he still gets a doe to save him even though he is dead and to preserve him from the

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