<span>by whom were those pictures taken?</span>
He was not surprised because he was already going insane. Since he was hallucinating that the raven was spouting words at him. He was already ill to begin with so it was not a surprise he thought the raven spoke.
Makes it sound shorter because imagine saying it like plaint. Which is better plant or plaint
The event which is associated with the peripeteia (or turn of events) in the play is Teiresias prophecy. It changed the whole course of the drama afterwards.