In "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe, one sees the internal torment of a man in mourning for the lost love of a maiden, named Lenore that has died. The narrator expresses a sea of emotions over the vision of a raven haunting and taunting him. As the man sits in his chamber he only seems to notice the negativity of his surroundings in a depressive state of mind over his lost. "..A midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary". He was, as many people seem to be when they are depressed, in a lethargic and calm state nearly...
Horror haunted". However, the raven is still sitting above the chamber door.

The self-imposing torture that the narrator has to endure is a symptom of his pain for a lost love that he can not seem to recover from. The anguish of his pain has created a permanent vision for him to ponder on in his self-made hell, the chamber in which he resides. This melancholic man has all the characteristics of someone on the verge of a psychosis breakdown. His self-absorption over his lost that he seizes to live in a world outside of his memory filled chamber.