123 School Work

African American Lit

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  1. What is the tone of Dunbar's "We Wear the Mask" and why? Does the tone remain the same from beginning to end? Why? Why is the tone of this work significant? (Significance might be discussed in terms of an effect or effects that it creates on readers, on the development of a theme, etc.) Be sure to use a close analysis of word choice, organization of ideas, even punctuation to help you analyze and define the tone.
       The tone in "We Wear the Mask" is a dark and depressed sound. This is crucial to the poem because of what wearing a mask means. To wear a mask black people were putting on a show that made it appear that everything was good and that they were happy...