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VOL. 11, ISSUE 12 (2024)
The quandary of the black man in the poetry of derek walcott
Authors
Dr. Vikas Shokeen
Abstract
The human life is in itself contradictory.
Though it has progressed to great degree from rudimentary past to the glorious
present. Man has gained supremacy over the powerful forces of nature. Sometimes
he equals and places himself at the level of God. There is no doubt even after
attaining so much progress and having supremacy over so many forces of nature
still he is naïve, filled with doubt, superstitious, apprehensive and insecure.
Alexander Pope aptly describes man in his philosophical poem ‘An Essay on Man’
as “The glory, jest and riddle of the world”. There is no more irony seen in
his nature then in the discrimination which he still observes on the basis of
skin colour. In spite of making so much progress and development even today he
looks defeated. This pain is felt from the past immemorial and is expressed
from time to time by many writer, philosophers, intellectuals and witty
persons. Nobel laureate for peace Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered by a
white racist for raising his voice against the discrimination made by the white
people in America. He was recognised for his efforts for non-violence struggle
for civil rights for African-Americans in the US. Even the great heavyweight
boxer Cassius Clay changed his name and religion from Christianity to Islam and
adopted new name Muhammad Ali to reject his birth name, which he considered a
“slave name” standing for his black past.
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Pages:99-100
How to cite this article:
Dr. Vikas Shokeen "The quandary of the black man in the poetry of derek walcott". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 11, Issue 12, 2024, Pages 99-100
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