THE RAVEN MONDAY 15 TH OCTOBER THE RAVEN

THE RAVEN MONDAY 15 TH OCTOBER

THE RAVEN CLIP

BRAINSTORMING ACTIVITY Light vs Dark • The story takes place on a cold ‘dreary’ December at midnight • The only ‘light’ in the story comes from the fireplace and candles otherwise the story is dominated by ‘dark’ imagery and symbolism • The setting is deliberately spooky and depressing which is consistent with Gothic literature Good vs Evil • The Raven represents death and evil. He encourages Homer to insanity by replying ‘nevermore’. He haunts Homer to the point that he eventually loses his mind • The overall message is suggesting that life is futile. There is only misery and pain if you do not have the people you love • Homer eventually succumbs to the evil in his mind (grief, depression and insanity)

OBJECTIVES • I can identify themes and poetic devices in gothic poetry • I can deconstruct and analyse a poem

COPY OF THE POEM • What you need to do: • There are five stations set up around the room • Each station has a key word written on it: Plot, Setting, Themes/Characters, Poetic Devices and Mood • As you listen to the reading of the poem; write down ANY quotes, words, ideas or sentences that come to mind. You can even draw some pictures of what comes to your mind! • There are some guiding questions on each poster to help you write something down • After each of pause of the video you need to move to the next table. • How you are to do it: • Use the colored pens/markers at each station • You are to move directly to the table next to you Afterwards we will post these up in our classroom wall! Make sure it looks nice and creative! We can have a viewing at the end of class to see/share our answers!

REFLECTION QUESTION • “Explain how Edgar’s poem The Raven fits into the Gothic genre of literature. ” • How is the setting, plot, characters and mood Gothic? What about the poem is dark and depressing? • What happens in the poem that is disturbing or scary? • If you had to explain what the poem is about, how would you describe it to someone? • How does the poem affect how you feel about things such as death and loneliness?