Why was the raven so important in Edgar Poe's 'The Raven' and what does it mean?

The raven symbolizes the scary bird that took his beloved wife. He choose a crow because that is a very scary looking crow.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.