The speaker’s mental state shifts more and more toward madness.
This is because as the poem closes, the word nevermore occurs in more and more depressing situations because it is the only word the raven can say, and the poet asks him questions to which that can be the only answer. These questions become maddening and more depressing as time goes by.
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The Stoics were Ancient Roman philosophers who claimed that the ideal state of mind was tranquility, which can not be achieved by pursuing enjoyable experiences, but by developing a calm indifference towards one's circumstances. This is a concept that opposes what Burkeman calls the modern-day cult of optimism, which forces us to try to find the good in bad situations. Burkeman explains there´s an alternative “negative path” to happiness, through the acceptance of the things that could go wrong.
Explanation:
I personally agree with this philosophy, as it´s very similar to the kind of strategy I found to deal with my anxiety. Instead of constantly worrying about what could go wrong, I trained myself to recognize which fears were a real possibility and changed my mindset to accept that not everything is under my control, and that is ok.
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but what are your thoughts