| 1. What similarity do you find between the subjects of "The Raven" and the short story "Ligeia"?
2. What are the narrator's feelings toward Ligeia? How does he describe her and what do these descriptions suggest about his character?
3. How does the quotation attributed to Joseph Glanville comment on the action of the story? Besides in the epigraph, where else does this quote appear, and what is its significance each time?
4. Why does the narrator marry Rowena? How does he feel about her, and why?
5. How do the decorations in the bridal chamber reflect the narrator's psychological state?
6. How do we explain the bizarre and horrific ending of the story?
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