Compare the two highlighted lines (55 and 104).
Both describe a bust of Pallas, the Greek
goddess
of
wisdom, but do so differently. What is Poe expressing
through this contrast?
The narrator is wise, and it is only through his wisdom that he has survived.
Wisdom and logic had "paled" in the face of the narrator's encounter with the
raven.
The narrator is unwise in trying to discover more about the mysterious raven.
What is Poe expressing through this contrast?


what is Poe expressing through this contract?