The way one display’s themselves to the world and universe can say a lot about who they are as a person. However, as society evolves and changes it is becoming increasingly more popular to cover one’s inward feelings and portray a mask of perfection and beauty. In Edward Arlington Robinson’s Richard Cory the main character, Richard Cory himself struts through the town showing off his regal and flashy attire, at least what was considered flashy in the time this was written. This sartorial choice contrasts with Cory’s inward growing depression as shown in the end with his apparent suicide. Each element of this poem is expertly crafted and it laid in a delicate pattern to depict the final and overall meaning. A poet normally writes their poems
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Showing the reader that even though he took his life they still believed that he was a great man and should be remembered for what he was not what he did. The fact that his suicide is the last-mentioned line leads to that. His cover of a man of high status did work in hiding his true feelings of ending his own life. A man walking in a town is nothing to notice, unless that man is Richard Cory. Richard Cory is a man of high finance and great appearance, but under it all lies a small man who hides in his home swallowed by his ever-growing depression, leading to his death but suicide. Edward Arlington Robinson uses clever word choice, beautiful imagery and un-even mood in his poem Richard Cory to show to the reader that all is not what it seems and that what a man might show to the world can be a mask to hide a true form and intent.
INTRODUCTION #2 People in the world live their day to day lives with a mask, and how close that mask is to their true self is individual to each person. Some create a mirror of themselves and some create complete contrasts, hiding what lies underneath. Edward Arlington Richard in his poem Richard Cory uses word choice, mood, and imagery to show the differences between a man’s outward appearance and his deep underlying
Showing the reader that even though he took his life they still believed that he was a great man and should be remembered for what he was not what he did. The fact that his suicide is the last-mentioned line leads to that. His cover of a man of high status did work in hiding his true feelings of ending his own life. A man walking in a town is nothing to notice, unless that man is Richard Cory. Richard Cory is a man of high finance and great appearance, but under it all lies a small man who hides in his home swallowed by his ever-growing depression, leading to his death but suicide. Edward Arlington Robinson uses clever word choice, beautiful imagery and un-even mood in his poem Richard Cory to show to the reader that all is not what it seems and that what a man might show to the world can be a mask to hide a true form and intent.
INTRODUCTION #2 People in the world live their day to day lives with a mask, and how close that mask is to their true self is individual to each person. Some create a mirror of themselves and some create complete contrasts, hiding what lies underneath. Edward Arlington Richard in his poem Richard Cory uses word choice, mood, and imagery to show the differences between a man’s outward appearance and his deep underlying