The three of these poems, from the Light Blue Clear Atoms (Second Edition) anthology, discuss the many sides man has in this day and age. Real Ones comes from the genre 'Human Species', so it is fair to say that it talks about human qualities. Throughout history, mankind has been known to be tyrannous and oppressive. This is one of the major themes presented in Real Ones, the idea that what society dictates is real, nothing else. The poet is being oppressed by society, but she doesn't care.
“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.
He looks at as his individuality and strives to let the teacher as well as the class know that he is proud of who he is. The two poems have many similarities and differences. We see that one main similarity is that both authors are in a battle of whether or not to express who they are. In “White Lies” Trethewey uses her advantage of being mixed to decide whether or not she expresses which side she wants to be seen. In “Theme for English B” Langston knows that there is no way possible for him to hide that he is black, unlike Trethewey, so he decides to be proud of whom he is.
Cooper introduces the first firm friendship of Hawkeye and Chingachgook, regardless of their difference in race, making it unnecessarily for whites and Indians natural enemies. Along on their adventure, the group travel farther and Cora shifts her attention to Uncas, and it may be due to her mixed race for a desire of an interracial relationship, unlike that of her sister. The characters react differently to the illusion of interracial love; making it to society that racism goes deep like if tit had been spliced into nature. In his writing I’ve noticed that Cooper used some collaboration of ideas of his own and of other writers to emphasize the theme of his novel. For example, William Cullen Bryant’s “An Indian at the Burial-Place of His Fathers” is expressed in the novel as a reflection on the tensions between the amplifying national culture and an abbreviating Native American
The narrator feels America will embrace all differences from everyone. “I, Too” is mutual in tone. In the beginning of the story he was frustrated with how whites were treated but by the end his attitude was proud. Proud of himself and that one day people will respect him a different way. Another reason the pieces of literature are different from one another is that they are all told from various parts of view.
At the beginning of the poem the Earl is presented to us using the adjective "grim" to create a negative figure within the story. Tennyson portrays how Godiva breaks free from the Earls control as she "unclasp'd the wedded eagles of her belt" and she frees herself from the stereotypical contrast. Tennyson contrasts the boldness of Godiva's actions as she "rode forth" with her weakness as the beginning of the poem, shown by Tennyson's reference to the Earl as "her Lord". Therefore she defies the odds and takes charge of what she had to do in order to get rid of the taxation for her people, which “built herself an everlasting name.” Godiva is presented as the property of the Earl who is powerless without him however Tennyson portrays a shift in the balance of authority. Tennyson also tells the story in Godiva through his use of time and form to highlight the greatness of Godiva as she “builds herself an everlasting name”.
In Erdrich's work, she displays the white people very critically by using quotes from the John Wayne movie she uses in her her poem, such as “It is / not over, this fight, not as long as you resist. / Everything we see belongs to us.” (Erdrich 12). This direct attack on the whites from the film gives a glimpse into how Erdrich feels that the white men are the sole reason that the Native American culture has almost been destroyed. She feels that the whites' greed and aggressive nature forced the destruction of the traditions and values that the Native American people once had. Alexie, on the other hand, feels that the blame falls more on the actual people of the new Native American generations becoming more like the white men on their own accord.
Afrah Noor Briget Horne ENC 1102 9 March 2014 Paper 4 Proposal This paper is based on racial conditioning, white privilege, and white culture, and how it has affected our lives for the worse. Using quotations from the essay “Leave Your Name at the Border” by Manuel Munoz, and quotations from three other essays, this paper will portray the imagery of how much the diversity in America is actually respected. Racial conditioning encourages the reduction of respect towards others, making diversity seem detrimental, and making it seem alright to look down on others, which allows for an unfitted environment for our children to be brought up in. Other aspects discussed in this essay are the effects of capitalism and stereo typing.
Throughout the passage, Ibsen utilizes various languages to reinforce the theme of stereotype toward woman. Plus, through the use of diction and literary devices, he also successfully characterizes Nora and Helmer as Helmer’s characteristic of arrogance is emphasized while Nora’s sudden change in character is highlighted. Throughout the passage, Helmer’s gender-biased view and self-centered nature is stressed. As Nora tells Helmer that she expected Helmer to take the responsibility of Nora’s action by “take all the blame,” Helmer replies that “no man would sacrifice his honour for the one he loves.” Here, Helmer refuses to take any blame for Nora’s actions, eventhough her actions were motivated by his sickness. He believes that no man should ever sacrifice his integrity for love.
This positive representation of conflict could be linked to Tennyson’s role of Poet Laureate under Queen Victoria’s reign. On the other hand Futility could be considered as an elegy for the unnamed solider and opens with a tender and sad tone shifting to pointlessness in the second stanza. The use of the pronoun him in the opening line suggests this could be any soldier from World War one demonstrating the number of men who would remain unnamed and unclaimed during this conflict and how bad it was that so many people died, and even the most patriotic soldiers would still die, unnamed in the end. The Charge of the light Brigade comprises of six stanzas, of varying in length from six to twelve lines and goes in chronological order. This could offer the reader the sense of riding in to the battle with the soldiers.