Question

Please help! Im desperate!

Answer 1

How does The Raven By edgar allen poe show Foil?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

Can someone please help? i have no clue.

Answer 5

Does anyone know?

Answer 6

If I had to guess, I would say that an example of foil would be the contrast between Lenore and the speaker. The author describes her as "rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore". Right there, that offsets the atmosphere of the poem and it is a clear opposite from the speaker. The speaker describes himself as full of "sorrow" and "weary" but Lenore was apparently radiant and angelic.

Answer 7

I've read it! I honestly agree with Savannah! Have a great day!

Answer 8

I re-read it and I also think there's foil between the Raven and the speaker. The speaker goes out of his way to describe the bird as royalty and god-like. For example, he says A "stately" (that just means royal-looking) raven, one that makes the speaker think of older, nobler times, "the saintly days of yore" . Then he goes on to describe how the raven "Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door – Perched, and sat, and nothing more." He describes it as a "bust" which is a statue that goes from the head to the middle of the torso. It's a statue of Pallas, another name for the ancient Greek goddess Athena. She is known primarily as a goddess of Wisdom. He makes several hints towards the raven's presence that suggest it is godlike or royalty in the beginning. I believe this in turn would be an example of foil too because it is the exact opposite of the speaker's character. The speaker is vulnerable, lonely and he is sad about that. The speaker is unsure of himself and questions the bird many times whereas the raven only has one answer for everything and that is "nevermore". This could be another parallel to the foil concept because the raven is confident in that one single answer "nevermore" however the speaker scrambles with multiple questions. One more thing, the speaker states the raven is "desolate yet all undaunted" basically meaning the bird is alone and is okay with being alone, unlike the speaker who is extremely depressed about losing Lenore and being lonely.

Answer 9

Savannah is Right!

Answer 10

sorry i was ofline. I really don't know, but lots of people were saying that Savannah is right