HELP ME AND I WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST!! Question 1
Part A

What can be inferred about the speaker in "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe?

The speaker begins to believe that the raven is cursed.

The speaker believes the raven is not a real bird but a ghost.

The speaker thinks that Lenore is disguised as the raven.

The speaker's guilt over his feelings for Lenore is personified in the raven.
Question 2
Part B

Which evidence from the text best supports the answer in Part A?

"Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer"

"And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door"

"'Prophet!' said I, 'thing of evil! —prophet still, if bird or devil!'"

"And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor"

Read the excerpts from part 3 of "an occurrence at owl creek bridge." a rising sheet of water curved over him, fell down upon him, blinded him, strangled him! the cannon had taken a hand in the game. as he shook his head free from the commotion of the smitten water he heard the deflected shot humming through the air ahead, and in an instant it was cracking and smashing the branches in the forest beyond. *** a whiz and rattle of grapeshot among the branches high above his head roused him from his dream. the baffled cannoneer had fired him a random farewell. he sprang to his feet, rushed up the sloping bank, and plunged into the forest. *** as he is about to clasp her he feels a stunning blow upon the back of the neck; a blinding white light blazes all about him with a sound like the shock of a cannon—then all is darkness and silence! what function does the motif of the cannon serve throughout the story? the cannon continually pushes farquhar to continue his journey through his dream and back to reality. the cannon encourages farquhar to investigate whether his escape was a dream or reality. the cannon reminds farquhar that time is subjective and encourages him to move quickly in order to reach his home. the cannon represents farquhar’s romantic dream that he escaped his execution and will return home.