The speaker is not of mental wellbeing. Seeing the raven only drives him further into madness. It may be a bird that the speaker is visualizing as a raven, or it could be a figment of his imagination.
Answer:
In spite of my advice, she gave up her studies.
Good job! I would recommend you tweek the first sentence, because its a run on sentence. Try divided up the sentence. Also, add a concluding sentence.