The poet’s use of the kingfisher uses the bird in flight as a symbol for the freedom which Plath occasionally experienced when separated from her obsession with her father. Hughes encompasses his overall judgement about Plath in the final lines, “in the pit of red/.. But the jewel you lost was blue”; where he supports his argument that Plath was suffering, through the symbolism of the ‘pit of red’ which conjures images of hell. This contrasts with the symbolism of the ‘jewel of blue’ where the valuable nature of a jewel emphasises the value which Hughes places upon that aspect of Plath. As a result of comparing the different aspects of
The essay is written with information to support Price’s claims on her view of how America’s culture can be simple-minded, ignorant, and easily influenced. Price’s whole essay could be the new definition of caustic. One of the sentences in the first paragraph Price writes, “ First, it was a flamingo.” The italicizing of the word flamingo gives readers a sense of sarcasm and that Price feels that the fact that a bird-influenced America’s culture vastly baffled her. In the third paragraph Price writes, “The hues were forward-looking rather than old-fashioned, just right for a generation, raised in the Depression,” Price’s sassy and sarcastic remark states how America felt that bright colors would give a sense of hope and happiness through a difficult time. Another sarcastic point Price writes is in the first sentence of the last paragraph she says, “Why, after all, call the birds “pink flamingos”—as if they could be blue or green?” The simple-mindedness of America’s culture is shown by the sarcastic remarks Price writes because of America’s action to be influence by flamingos In the essay, Price also compares and contrast America’s culture to other countries.
Published in 1896, “We Wear the Mask” is a lyric poem about oppressed black Americans forced to conceal their pain and frustration behind a cloak of happiness. During the time of the poem's publication, hostility and hate towards blacks was widespread throughout America. Although the Civil War had granted blacks their freedom from slavery and federal laws gave them the right to vote, own property, etc., they still were not treated as equals. Segregation become a big problem among blacks and whites. Schools, restaurants, libraries, even insignificant things such as water fountains were all segregated.
In the poems “Sympathy,” by Paul Laurence Dunbar, and “Barbie Doll,” by Marge Piercy, the author’s both use the elements of point of view, symbolism and tone to reveal the narrator’s and author’s struggles with society. “Sympathy,” a poem written in 1899 by Paul Laurence Dunbar describes the empathy the narrator feels towards the pain of a caged bird. The speaker descriptively admits that he understands the bird’s need to be free by describing the things that the bird is missing out on. Although written literally about a caged bird longing got be free, this poem, written by a black man during the times of slaves and racial hatred, is meant to mirror the author’s own struggle for freedom.The Author, being a black man in the 19th Century, empathizes with the caged bird because of the entrapment he feels due to racial prejudices and discrimination. In
Perhaps mockingbirds’ beautiful voices is the reason why Harper Lee chose them to symbolize “innocence and vulnerability” in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird (Bernard 78). Whatever the reason, Lee repeatedly emphasizes that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, which later becomes a symbol for Tom, Boo, and racism in general. The theme of racism is primarily portrayed through Lee’s use of symbolism in To Kill a Mockingbird, a story in the 1930s South where racism, although much changed, still prevails today. Although racism still exists, portrayals such as the ones in Lee’s novel have changed people’s views on African Americans and other races. The mockingbird is a major symbol in the novel because of Atticus’ belief that it is a sin to kill this bird.
Comparing The Poems ‘To His Coy Mistress’, ‘The Flea’ and the play ‘Romeo & Juliet’ by Shakespeare There are many parallels between the line ‘like am’rous birds of prey, rather at once our time devour than languish in his slow chapp’d power’ from the poem ‘To His Coy Mistress’ and ‘Romeo and Juliet’. ‘Birds of prey’ is a common topic for imagery in the play. In Act 2 Scene 2, Juliet likens Romeo to a ‘tassel-gentle’, a peregrine falcon, through metaphor, while also stating that she needed ‘falc’ner’ to ‘lure’ him back. She implies that Romeo, as a ‘tassel-gentle’, was wild and needed to be disciplined, while the ‘birds of prey’ in this poem are thought to be ‘am’rous’, yet vicious creatures, who ‘devour’ their prey. The metaphor used in this instance, is also similar to the simile used in the line since they suggest that ‘birds of prey’ are easily comparable to many ideas or themes.
Viewing The World With Different Eyes In the short story, The Blue Bouquet, it seems that the recurring central metaphor of eyes is one of the most important parts the story, as it represent various perspectives of each individual character. As the story begins, the narrator describes a moth in the room as “a grey winged butterfly, dazzled, circled the yellow light.” In his description, he is very poetic and has a romantic life perspective rather than viewing the world in its ugly truth. When the reader gets further into the story, the man in the palm sombrero attacks him and he loses his ignorant and innocent perspective, and his descriptions become less poetic, and more abrupt. “He vanished. I leaned against the wall, my head in my hand.
The courage is portrayed through symbolism of mockingbird, character who tries his best to protect innocent people, and historical and geographical setting which explain why racism was excessive in Maycomb and how courageous people suffer from it. From figurative language and characterization, readers can see how courageous people protect innocent people when setting shows that people knew there were significant threat or even harm but persisted in doing the right thing. Usage of literary features, such as symbolization of mockingbirds are critical to the development of the message. In this novel, mockingbirds symbolize innocence because they "don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do
Throughout the poem the author does a good job of expressing to the reader the significance of seemingly insignificant things. All of these so-called insignificant actions or objects all trigger the very significant emotion of hate towards the Haitians people by the general. An example of this is in stanza eight where the author gives significance to regular objects like the lack of curtains and the parrot in the brass ring, the author does this in order to give a subtle incite to the reader about what caused the general to kill. Throughout the poem the author does a good job of using this subliminal imagery in order to give the reader an idea of what’s going on in the poem without giving the story away but still keeping the readers
Zora Neale Hurston’s world view was that of a cynical tirade that would sweep the nation’s shortcomings for lack of diversity, and openness to growth. With such vivid and depict voices in her book Their Eyes Were Watching God Hurston tackles life’s most intriguing problems of isolation, society, culture, religion, and sex. Their Eyes Were Watching God is most often celebrated for Hurston’s unique use of language, particularly her mastery of rural Southern black dialect. Throughout the novel, she utilizes an interesting narrative structure, splitting the presentation of the story between high literary narration and idiomatic discourse. The long passages of discourse celebrate the culturally rich voices of Janie’s world; these characters