The Raven Comparison

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The Raven Paradox and Essay I think after watching The Simpsons paradox of “The Raven” it was some what a good comparison to Edgar Allan Poe “The Raven” but differed in some ways. One of the main ways that The Simpsons paradox differs from Poe’s poem is established in the fact that the two tales are conveyed through different media. Poe’s “The Raven” is purely text. All imageries and tones are left to the imagination of the reader. The Simpsons paradox is free to decode the poem as they desire, and they often kept exactly loyal to Poe’s original text creating a different meaning using only visual effects and erratic voices. At the beginning of the segment, Lisa’s voice merges into the voice of James Earl Jones (the Narrator) and the first lines of “The Raven:” are heard. One way The Simpsons used to satirize Poe’s poem was to interpret the original poem in a comically literal method. The Simpsons made fun of the rich, rhythmic language that “The Raven” is known for. The Simpsons pointed out how comical some of Poe’s supposedly deep, gloomy lines are if they were read individually of the rhythm. Other things The Simpsons paradox differed from Poe’s “The Raven” was by using visual effects that didn’t agree with the original text to create irony and physical humor. When the narrator said, “Then, me thought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer,” the unseen censer hit Homer’s head, and we hear Homer’s classic line “D’oh!” Here, The Simpsons paradox transformed the poem by allowing us to see an “unseen” object in a scene that is normal of the physical humor that Homer is usually involved in. They mock Poe’s diction, by using Homer’s well-known physical humor to make a scene in “The Raven” that is supposed to be emotional and touching seem hilarious. The Simpsons paradox used all of the members of the Simpsons family during the sequence of the
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