Once upon a midnight dreary … The
opening words of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven. It is all about the annoying bird
black and powerful picking at the bodies of anything dead. The piercing eyes
that look like they never blink. To graveyards, to scarecrows to anything that
makes you say Boo. That is the charm of Halloween for all ages. Halloween
spending this year is expected to reach $8.4 billion dollars a record high.
More than 171 million Americans are expected to take part in Halloween
activities. Why?
Once upon a midnight dreary,
while I pondered, weak and weary… continues the poem. It is a perfect poem to
read at Halloween. It is a dark story of death and a grieving lover haunted and
taunted by the hovering presence of the raven. The bird has such a nasty
reputation for such a bird that is actually very smart. Some say they are as
smart as a dolphin or a great ape. The
bird has a large brain compared to the rest of his body. They are crafty and
can hide food. Some can mimic the human voice. They are often confused with
crows, the raven is much larger. With a wedge shaped tail.
Ravens are in scary movies.
Alfred Hitchcock’s the Birds, Game of Thrones and are just associated with
evil. Probably because they are scavengers. They like to pick at corpses.
Ravens are evil birds written about going back all the way to Shakespeare. They
are mentioned in Macbeth and in Othello. In a Midsummer’s Night’s Dream there
is a reference to trading a rave for a dove in Noah’s Ark. So, does all this
reality and history make Halloween real? Ravens have been associated with death
and evil for hundreds of years. Is this through experience?
Ravens are in scary movies.
Alfred Hitchcock’s the Birds, Game of Thrones and are just associated with
evil. Probably because they are scavengers. They like to pick at corpses.
Ravens are evil birds written about going back all the way to Shakespeare. They
are mentioned in Macbeth and in Othello. In a Midsummer’s Night’s Dream there
is a reference to trading a rave for a dove in Noah’s Ark. So, does all this
reality and history make Halloween real? Ravens have been associated with death
and evil for hundreds of years. Is this through experience?
Want more evil in literature? Try
JK Rolling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them that is a spinoff of her
Harry Potter series. I think I will read through Halloween. Sure call me boring
but I won’t be bored. Instead of the main character being Harry Potter he is
Newt Scomander played by 34 year old Eddie Redmayne who travels to America with a suitcase full of
magical creatures. Remember this actor played a transgender artist in the movie called The Danish Girl as well as
playing an ALS patient in the movie about Steven Hawkins. This guy knows how to
act difficult roles. This creature film will be great for new costumes since it
will be the first film of five in the series.
Halloween is all about the
stories and how we react to them. Create your own story this Halloween!
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