Assesment on Despair

The Crow is a story about Despair. All the actions that Eric does through out the story helps the reader see how Eric is in despair. Eric used to be a very happy guy that had everything together, and was in love with his soon to be bride Shelly. One day Eric's car broke down in the middle of the road and while he was busy trying to fix it, a couple of guys came and started causing trouble. Eric denied them when they asked for help and for some reason things went from bad to worse. The guys ended up shooting Eric in the head and killing him on the spot ... or so they thought, they also killed Shelly too. Eric wasn't really dead he actually saw all the guys that killed his Shelly. From that moment on Eric started to plan and get revenge and he went into despair.

Eric got a cat named Gabriel and used to talk to him when ever he was home. In Scene five of The Crow, Gabriel is playing with a Christmas ornament and Eric takes it from Gabriel's paw and starts speaking about his last Christmas with Shelly. He tells Gabriel to go away because he makes him smile a lot and Eric isn't used to smiling anymore because most of his life has turned into tragedy. He then lays down on the couch and remembers walking into his house and seeing Shelly and exchanging gifts with her. He also remembers how he couldn't stop smileing for second and then it was all gone again once they christmas ornament fell to the ground and shattered. Another scene in scene five was when Eric was sitting down in his empty living room and began to think back to a particular day when he came home and was just staring at Shelly and Shelly asked him " what's wrong?" and Eric looked at her and told her how much he loves and adores her and how he would never let anything bad happen to her. After remembering this he gets angry and sad and pulls out a knife and slits his wrist in a couple of diffrent ways. Eric lets his blood drip and acts as if this is a way to let go of a memory that is long far gone.