The narrator is in a depressive mind state as he reminisces about Ligiea. He is still in love with the memory of his decease wife and has not accepted her death. It seems as though he is hopeful that she will return to him. He is selfish in a sense because he remarries, however, it is not for love. It may be that he married to replace Ligeia and to have companionship.
Ligeia is described as a beautiful, intelligent and passionate lady; she is the narrator’s deceased wife. The narrator is impressed with her immense knowledge of her physical and mathematical science. According to the narrator she also has a strangeness about her. The narrator also doesn't seem to know anything about her family history.
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