William K. Dozier III’s Version of –The Raven

Overview

William K. Dozier III takes the classic narrative poem “The Raven”, by Edgar Allan Poe, impressing its themes of loss, grief, and the narrator's descent into madness following the death of his beloved Lenore onto the silver screen. Going into the psyche of a grieving man haunted by the memory of his lost love, Lenore. The narrator, a desolate and weary soul, seeking solace in his records to distract himself from the painful reality of Lenore's death. However, he is interrupted by a mysterious tapping at his chamber door, and when he opens it, he finds nothing there but darkness. But what was feared in the darkness, already made its way into the chamber.