Question

how does the description of the setting as 'midnight dreary' and 'bleak december' affect 'The Raven'? A. it creates a mood of coziness B. it creates a mood of defeat C. it creates a mood of gloom D. it creates a mood of winter

Answer 1

C. it creates a mood of gloom, that is what i think.

Answer 2

The description of the setting as 'midnight dreary' and 'bleak December' affects Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" because option C. it creates a mood of gloom. In the setting of "The Raven", the writer introduces us to an uncomfortable atmosphere, it is midnight time of a cold December. After this setting, we are not supposed to expect anything cheerful to happen.