The Raven Monologue

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Rob woke up to the sound of his sister, Mary. Mary was sobbing and Rob was about to ask her what was wrong when he noticed his mother’s lifeless body. Rob’s mother had skin as black as the night sky, and swellings the size of eggs under her arms and neck. “We should pack our items and leave right now. I don’t like the idea of staying here, it gives me the creeps,” said Mary. “I told you we should have left a few days ago. I knew this would happen,” said Rob. Rob and Mary spent a few moments gathering their belongings before they were ready to leave. As Rob and Mary were exiting their house, they saw a carriage that seemed to be coming their way. When the carriage finally came into view, Rob realized it was filled with dead people that had died of the plague. …show more content…

Mary and Rob could only reply with the slightest shake of their head, and after that the man continued down the street stopping here and there to ask people if they had any corpses. “We should head to the country so that we can avoid catching the plague. After we reach the countryside, we should look for a place to say,” said Rob. “I don’t know if we will be absolutely safe from the plague, but the country does sound more safe than the city,” replied Mary. After traveling for a while, Rob and Mary came upon a house that seemed to be vacant, which was exactly what they were looking for. When Rob tried to yank the door open, he noticed that it was locked. After exclaiming to his sister that it was locked, Rob started to bang his fist upon the door until he heard an angry man’s voice. “Back away you foul beasts. I don’t want to die of the plague like you and everyone one else has,” said the Man. “Please allow us to come in. We don’t have the plague, I promise,” said Mary. “I refuse to let you in, I don’t want to catch the plague by letting you rotten liars into my home,” shrieked the

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