爱伦坡乌鸦分析.ppt

The Raven
Edagr Allen Poe (1809-1849)
His writting themes:
-predominant theme in poe's writting
of life
and mystery
从前一个阴郁的子夜,我独自沉思,慵懒疲竭,  
面对许多古怪而离奇、并早已被人遗忘的书卷; 
 当我开始打盹,几乎入睡,突然传来一阵轻擂, 
 仿佛有人在轻轻叩击——轻轻叩击我房间的门环。 
 “有客来也”,我轻声嘟喃,“正在叩击我的门环,       
    惟此而已,别无他般。”
哦,我清楚地记得那是在风凄雨冷的十二月,
  每一团奄奄一息的余烬都形成阴影伏在地板。 
 我当时真盼望翌日——因为我已经枉费心机  
想用书来消除伤悲,消除因失去丽诺尔的伤感,
  因那位被天使叫作丽诺尔的少女,她美丽娇艳,       
    在此已抹去芳名,直至永远。   
那柔软、暗淡、飒飒飘动的每一块紫色窗布
A Glorified Crow
A raven, which can be up to
two feet long, is a type of crow. Ravens
eat small animals, carrion, fruit, and seeds. They often appear in legend and literature as
sinister omens.  It alawys stands for evil,ghost and something bad. A symbol of death
background
A man who has lost his beloved, a woman named Lenore. He is depressed, lonely,   and possibly mentally unstable as a result of his bereavement.  He was in deep sarrow in his wife's death.
Setting
The chamber of a house at midnight. Poe uses the word chamber rather than bedroom apparently because chamber has a dark and mysterious connotation.  
the aim is to create an atomosphere ---mysterious ,horrible ,gloomy
Word Choice
As in his short stories, Poe iscareful to use primarily words that contribute to the overall atmosphere and tone of the poem. These words include weary, dreary, bleak, dying, sorrow, sad, darkness, stillness, mystery, ebony, grave, stern, lonely, grim,ghastly, and gaunt.
Sound And Rhythm
The melancholy tone of "The Raven" relies as much on its musical sound and rhythmic pattern as on the meaning of the words. This pattern uses a
stressed syllable followed by an
unstressed syllable,with a total of sixteensyllables in each line.
Death in the poem
when he asked whether he could meet his lost beloved in the the repetition of the same word “Nevermore”
is serene/dead except the tapping and swipper
author's heart deeply fallen into sorrow
The beauty in the pome
When the tappin