In The Raven, what most closely does the raven perching on the bust of Pallas Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, symbolize in
the following passage? Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door —
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door —
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
Question 4 options:
a)
That the bird is also a figure from Greek mythology.
b)
That the narrator is wealthy enough to have marble busts for furniture.
c)
That nature powers over the strongest of human knowledge.
