The title “The Raven,” sets us up for the story and really makes us anticipate the Raven’s arrival. With the title being “The Raven,” most of our concentration naturally goes to it and that’s what we pay the most attention to. To me, and most likely others,  the Raven represents a lot of things in the story. He could represent something simple like Lenore, the narrator or even the word nevermore. But even represent something deep like the narrator’s madness or an omen of his death. The Raven is a very versatile character in this sense which makes it perfect for him to be the title as you get to interpret the story how you want to. For example, if the Raven does represent the narrator’s death and madness, the title could then be translated to “The death of a madman,” or something like that. Also because the Raven’s only line is “Nevermore,” that could also be interpreted as the title. Like I said earlier, with the title being “The Raven,” the story itself becomes very flexible to the reader and the way they see the story.

I think Edgar Allan Poe used this title for the same reason as I stated for the first question. To allow readers to interpret it in whatever way they wanted to but at the same time bring attention to the Raven. Ravens are used in mythology to often depict wisdom but also relations to the dead. So, I think that was the main drive and purpose of the Raven.