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=Exploring "The Raven"= Katie Camilleri Lexie Van Den Heuvel Dylan Ross

__Raven-__ (Noun) Large Black Crow An allusion to death, it is a legend of death.

__Pallas-__ Another Name for Athena, the greek god. She stands for wisdom.

__Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou__- He is making fun of the Raven, by saying he is a coward.

__Night's Plutonian Shore__- A reference to the Greek Mythology god of the underworld, Hades. The narrator is saying that the Raven must of come from Hell.

__Disaster__- an allusion to fortune-telling of the stars. Poe uses it to explain why the bird says "Nevermore"

__Hope__- Allusion to christianity- the search might be hard but it is not impossible.

__censer-__ an allusion to a container filled with incense

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