The Raven in Pop Culture

• Presentation Created by

• Stephen Cravak

• 2008

Works Cited Available On Request

“THE RAVEN”

“THE RAVEN”

• It’s important to grasp the scope of how much this poem has influenced modern day society.

“THE RAVEN”

• For example, Poe’s ‘Raven’ is so well known that simply uttering the term ‘Raven’ will either spawn the image of the NFL Team or the poem, and not the bird for which the poem was named for.

“The Raven” Roller Coaster

“The Raven” Roller Coaster

“The Raven” Roller Coaster

“The Raven” Roller Coaster

Located at Holiday World in Indiana, The Raven has delighted and thrilled riders since it opened in 1995. The traditional wooden coaster didn't break any height, length or speed records, yet it was named a favorite from its first season. In fact, The Raven was named the #1 Wooden Coaster on the Plant from the year 2000 through 2003 and has remained a Top 10 coaster ever since.

Baltimore Ravens

NFL FRANCHISE

Baltimore Ravens

• Starting with a list of over 100 possible names, the team's management reduced it to 17. From there, focus groups of a total of 200 Baltimore area residents reduced the list of names to six, and then a phone survey of 1000 people trimmed it down to three, Marauders, Americans, and Ravens. Finally, a fan contest drawing 33,288 voters picked "Ravens", a name that alludes to the famous poem, "The Raven", by Edgar Allan Poe, who spent the latter part of his life in Baltimore, and is also buried there.

‘Raven’ the Wrestler

‘Raven’ the Wrestler

‘Raven’ the Wrestler

• Scott Anthony Levy (born September 8, 1964 in Short Hills, New Jersey) better known by his ring name Raven, is an American professional wrestler, currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, and is a former NWA and ECW World Heavyweight Champion.

‘Raven’ the Wrestler

• On January 7, 1995, now bulked up to approximately 230 lb (104 kg), Levy debuted in Extreme Championship Wrestling under the name Raven (a reference to the poem by Edgar Allan Poe). In a dramatic departure from his former gimmicks, Levy began portraying a depressed, nihilistic, sadistic, misanthrope, grunger.

‘Raven’ the Wrestler

• During his ‘promos,’ he would often utter the phrase directly from the poem, “quote the Raven…nevermore.”

The Simpsons

• In the first Simpson’s Tree House of Horror episode, the Simpson’s parodied the classic Edgar Allan Poe poem, ‘The Raven’

The Simpsons

The Simpsons

The End

But…also the beginning in understanding the

relationship between literary fiction and modern

pop culture