The mood created at the beginning of "The Raven" is one of mystery and sadness with undertones of horror. Poe accomplishes this through the Gothic setting, characterization
Tantalus was one of the sons of Zeus with a nymbh, which was condemned to an eternal punishment, bound to Tartarus (the divine prison in the Underworld), for several crimes he had commit, among which, revealing forbidden secrets from the Heavens to the humans (as similary did Prometheus) and stealing the food beverage of the Gods (respectively nectar and ambrosia). Before being punished however, he was king of Sipylus in Lydia, and was admitted in the table of the Gods, even though he was not one himself. Therefore being able to enjoy the pleasure usually only did by the Gods.
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It Should Be B) Inspire Symapathy From The Reader
