Tuesday, 7 July 2015

What is the message of the poem "Richard Cory?"

One is that
wealth and power have their attraction to the crowd but tend to alienate the individual. Ask any
high profile celebrity, and he or she will tell you it is not that easy to protect one's private
life (including maintaining meaningful relationships within a small circle of family and
friends) when in the limelight.

Another is that things (or people) are often
very different from the way they appear. In this case, a man whom everyone admired, emulated, or
was even envious of was not "the success story" he was cracked up to be. Under all the
glitter and hype, he was a very frustrated person who couldn't cope with the stress his image
and lifestyle demanded of him. The reason he opted for suicide is not stated, but the reader
could presume his "success" might have had something to do with it.

Related to the two first messages or themes is another question - what, after
all, is really important in life? Complying to society's ideals of perfection and being
gratified by that or seeking and finding personal fulfilment by one's own standards
instead?

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