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This 3 page paper provides bulleted notes suitable for study. However, each piece of writing is analyzed. Various comments are provided in the context of the notes. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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much repetition of words and the idea of the White Mans Burden is emphasized. * This poem is often interpreted as something that supports imperialism, but this poem may
also be taken as a sarcastic commentary on the situations which presented themselves at the time. At the same time, the repeated phrase "white mans burden" was a contemporary phrase
often used at the time. * For the most part, this is a political poem meant to illicit an emotional response. * This poem has been interpreted as
something that is supportive of white men, but again, one might also take it as a critical commentary. * To an extent, race enters the picture, but the poem
does focus on many ideas that go to power and how it is distributed. * In some way, this poem provides an excuse of sorts for colonialism. And while
it may very well be true that the poem is meant to criticize colonialism, it seems that it really is something that comments on racism. For example, Kipling (1899) writes:
"Your new-caught, sullen peoples, Half-devil and half-child" as if to insult those who are not white and put them in their place. * Clearly, this poem read today would
be interpreted from a different perspective than when it first appeared in 1899. 2. Edward Morels, The Black Mans Burden, 1903 * According to the
Modern History Sourcebook, Morel would write this prose in 1903 in response to the problem of imperialism. * The author begins with the dismal tale of how the black
people were harmed. One line that appears at the start of this work is as follows: "In hewing out for himself a fixed abode in Africa, the white man has
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