“Tolerance, what crimes / have been committed in your name.” can especially be seen as a criticism against the various social and legal inequalities perpetrated against many races, religions, and sexes under the guise of ‘Political Correctness’. However, as the point of these focus papers seems to be on interpreting the poem within its historical context, I will leave this tangent short. Levertov begins with “Genial poets, pink-faced / earnest wits…”2 This seems to be a criticism against all poets who write “neutral3” things; poets who do not try to choose a side; poets who do not challenge their readers; poets, even, who rely more upon being witty than on actually saying something. The entire stanza, from “Genial” to “name” seems to imply that poets who do these things are making excuses rather than really putting their ideas forward. However, at the second stanza Levertov moves back into familiar territory, seeming to criticize women who are content to live at home and bake bread4 ; to remain blind to the “nightmare reality5” around them.
Sandeep Sandhu ENG 4U0 Mrs. Di Paolo July 12th, 2012 The Role of E.K. Hornbeck “A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind” (Lewis Mumford) In Jerome Lawrence’s and Robert E. Lee’s Inherit The Wind, E.K. Hornbeck’s intolerance for ignorance and naivety successfully portrays that his role is to oppose and ridicule, even if sarcastically, the ideologies and philosophies of the other characters in the play, making him a mocking type of character. He does this by commenting on the censored topic of evolution in a town of creationists, spitting on Brady’s religion, and calling Drummond out as a phony.
He was particularly not very fond of Thomas Jefferson, who he thought to be a racist. In his “Appeal in Four Articles” we can detect the tone and seriousness in his voice right away. This is obviously not a topic he takes lightly. He blasts the institution of slavery right away when he says, “But we, (coloured people) and our children are brutes!! and of course are and ought to be slaves to the American people and their children forever“ ( Walker 792).
Neal seems like a cruel evil man which is the way the Aboriginals would probably have viewed Whites.Neal believes blacks are worthless, he said that: "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" at Act Four Scene Four, instead of trying to satifsify Aboriginals and help them. He is trying to harass them and make them ignorance, so they will not become the treat to him. Mr. Neal resents Sister Eileen’s input "bloody do-gooders" and threatens her when she speaks out "I could arrange a transfer for you to another settlement; perhaps Mulla Bulla on the edge of the Gibson Desert”. He is using his power to bend people to his will, the same way he uses his power to force young girls into sleeping with him. His cruel attitude which some Whites had makes it was acceptable and reasonable to use power to control the people who he thinks worthless or weak.
He has emphasized on the different problems they face, and how they are spoken to be inferior and of lower class by the closed minded hypocritical people. The language has been written in away that a non-native speaker would have sounded as if an illiterate would write like this. The poem starts by sarcastically ‘apologizing’ for being half-caste, ‘Excuse me standing on one leg I’m half-caste’. He is not really apologizing. This is satire; although the poem starts by apologizing for being half-caste, Agard means exactly the opposite.
In the Cornel West article "Nihilism in Black America" he argues that the dilemma of African Americans is nihilism. This is somewhat parallel to W.E.B Dubois's Talented Tenth speech in 1903. Nihilism, according to West, is the lived experience of coping with a life of horrifying meaninglessness, hopelessness, and lovelessness. African Americans are threatened by the lack of hope and the “absence of meaning” in their lives. Dubois's philosophy not only shows nihilism in the black race during this era but it also shows the same lack of progression in the black community in 2011.
Central to Arthur Miller’s The Crucible and Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery is the theme of injustice. In both texts, the theme of injustice is present, due to societies failure to question superstitious beliefs and tradition resulting in inhumane treatments. The societies in both texts, adhere on tradition and superstitious beliefs regardless of the harmful effects it may cause. Fundamentally, it portrays human kind’s vagueness concerning the purpose of their actions, being more alarmed about tradition and rituals. Failure to this, leads to harsh penalties and measures towards the main characters, John Proctor and Tessie Hutchinson.
Furthermore, the poem’s fragmented structure, namely Langston’s prolific use of enjambment and unconventional syntax, reflects the protagonist’s dislocated sense of self, a consequence of his racist societies’ inability to embrace his cultural differences. Langston dissects the underlying assumption that communities support an Individuals development of own-identity, explored by his protagonist’s lack of stability of self, a result of his surrounding neglect, thus his sense of belonging is
In this poem the cultures are divided because of wealth and power. In stanza 1 the poet clearly builds up a sense of his anger at the continuing injustice. As he walks through District six, once so familiar to him, he feels an outsider. He begins his poem with short monosyllabic words, ‘small round stones’, which adds a feeling of sharpness to the tone which suggests his anger. In addition, the onomatopoeia word ‘click’ emphasises his anger because of his sharp aggressive ‘ck’ sound.
They are described as vague, uncultured, unskillful, coarse, and people who have a cruel background. In other words, they are described as unintelligent and barbaric person. As the play goes, Othello’s character does not fit the racist description that is given by Iago and Roderigo. However, it is impossible for a reader to think that Othello is not being discriminated and criticized by the other characters. As a matter of fact, Othello is race because of his skin, lips, and secret marriage.