Happy Monday and welcome back from your long weekend!
I hope you all had an enjoyable Thanksgiving weekend, and that you are so excited to be back in class!
Today we will start with the vocabulary if we did not get to it on Wednesday (so that's 1st and 6th period).
After that, we will move on to reading some Poe! Holla! We will start with his famous poem "The Raven".
As you are reading, please answer the following questions:
1. In the very first line of the poem, which words contribute to a dark, mysterious Gothic mood?
2. For whom is the speaker grieving?
3. What element of Gothic literature does the Raven's speaking introduce into the poem? Explain.
4. How is the speaker's psychological distress increasing?
5. a)With what emotion does the speaker first greet the Raven? b) As the poem progresses, how does the speaker's attitude toward the Raven change? c) In what way is the word nevermore related to the emotional change?
6. a) What does the speaker eventually order the Raven to do? b) At the end of the poem, what does the speaker mean when he says the Raven is "still is sitting" above the door?
7. a)What is the relationship between the Raven's shadow and the speaker's soul at the end of the poem? b) In your opinion, what does the Raven finally come to represent?
If we get time, we will take a look at this sweet video.
REMEMBER: Your next book choice is due TOMORROW!
