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In The Raven, the speaker of the story goes through many different mood classes
throughout the short story. One of the main causes of these mood swings, a little raven that was
taught to say nothing more than "nevermore." The speaker in the short story is also trying to
forget about his lost love Lenore. All these factors contribute to the different emotions
throughout the story, such as fear, happiness, and anger.
When the poem starts out the speaker is reading while he hears a tapping at his door.
When he first hears the tapping he becomes scared and lessens his level of fear by telling himself
its nothing more than someone at his door. When the speaker first opens the door there is
nothing there that could possibly cause the tapping to be made. With his lost love on his mind,
he first believes it is Lenore, which could not be possible because she is dead. The speaker states
that she is dead by saying: " For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name......

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