THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
ART AND CULTURE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
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Duality (twoness)
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Urbanity (city life)
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Mix of high/low culture
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Allusion
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Detailed explanation-1: -"We Wear the Mask” Themes The poem is about the experiences of Black individuals in the United States in the time following the Civil War. The hiding of one’s feelings behind a mask is an instance of deceitfulness. The speaker and his audience are deceiving the world by denying them the knowledge of their truths.
Detailed explanation-2: -The poem We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar refers to people hiding their true feelings and emotions from everyone else behind a “mask.” In the poem he refers to the cheerful facial expression that people thinks is necessary so that others don’t see how they truly feel.
Detailed explanation-3: -Racism, What is appeared vs reality, and deceit.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following best describes a central theme of the text? Identity comes from what we do and are, not what we look like.