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| | + | {{title|The Raven}} |
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| | {{Character | | {{Character |
| | |name = The Raven | | |name = The Raven |
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| | |gender = {{Male}} | | |gender = {{Male}} |
| | |hair = Black feathers | | |hair = Black feathers |
| − | |age = incredibly old | + | |age = |
| − | |job = demon | + | |job = Demon (implied) |
| − | |relatives = '''Real Sel''': [[Bart Simpson]] | + | |relatives = '''Real Self''': [[Bart Simpson]] |
| − | |appearance = [[Treehouse of Horror]] | + | |appearance = "[[Treehouse of Horror]]" |
| | |voiced by = [[Nancy Cartwright]] | | |voiced by = [[Nancy Cartwright]] |
| | }} | | }} |
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| − | '''The Raven '''is a character from [[wikipedia:Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe']]s [[wikipedia:The Raven|The Raven]] who torments the narrator, representing his insanity for his deceased wife, [[Lenore]]. When [[Homer]] hears the tale, he imagines [[Bart]] as the Raven. Later, Homer is scared by the story and thinks he sees the Raven outside. | + | '''The Raven''' is the title character and antagonist in "{{w|The Raven}}", a poem by {{w|Edgar Allan Poe}}. |
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| | + | == History == |
| | + | The raven visits the poem's [[The Raven Narrator|narrator]], who is grieving for his deceased wife, [[Lenore]]. The narrator asks the raven to tell its name, but the bird only says "Nevermore" and refuses to say anything else no matter how many times (or what questions) the narrator asks him. The narrator interprets the bird's stubbornness as mockery, flies into a rage, and eventually goes insane from the combined effects of his grief for Lenore and the torment of the raven's visit. |
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| | + | When Homer heard [[Lisa]] reading "The Raven", he imagined himself as the narrator and [[Bart]] as the raven. He was scared by the story and later thought he saw the raven outside the bedroom window. |
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| | ==Appearances== | | ==Appearances== |
