Theme Of “Richard Cory”
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The , by Edwin Arlington Robinson, is that
people cannot determine another person’s happiness by their appearance. The
author uses the setting, imagery, and symbolism to illustrate this theme.
The settings that this author uses makes the readers think that
Richard Cory is a happy man who is great ....
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.... killing
himself. It is an ironic setting because we think just the opposite as we
are reading the poem.
The second way the author illustrates the theme is imagery. The
fact that Richard Cory was viewed as quietly arrayed makes the reader think
that he has no problems and that everyone wants to be like him. Also, the
poem states that he is “richer than a king” so the audience gets the
feeling that this is a happy man who is happy with his success in life.
When on the other hand he wants to ....
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