Kyle Smith
English 3
Mrs. Parkinson
7 March 2016
I think that we as an advanced society can still learn a lot from the Harlem renaissance as a result of some of the poetry that came with it. In the poem "Tableau" by Countee Collins, it does a great job of showing and not telling to depict the scene of a 1920`s event that made everyone around it stop what they're doing to watch it. in the poem, it talks about a black and a white boy walking together down the street. "Indignant that these two should dare in unison walk." During this time period, something so open and so bold that defied the social and traditional norms could have been severely punished back then. i think the reason for the title is because a tableau is a historical event acted out on a stage without sound, and whether the boys in the street even knew that what they were doing is something that will end up symbolizing a major area of american history.
English 3
Mrs. Parkinson
7 March 2016
I think that we as an advanced society can still learn a lot from the Harlem renaissance as a result of some of the poetry that came with it. In the poem "Tableau" by Countee Collins, it does a great job of showing and not telling to depict the scene of a 1920`s event that made everyone around it stop what they're doing to watch it. in the poem, it talks about a black and a white boy walking together down the street. "Indignant that these two should dare in unison walk." During this time period, something so open and so bold that defied the social and traditional norms could have been severely punished back then. i think the reason for the title is because a tableau is a historical event acted out on a stage without sound, and whether the boys in the street even knew that what they were doing is something that will end up symbolizing a major area of american history.
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