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Archibald Campbells The Dromedary

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  The Dromedary
       In Archibald Campbell's, "The Dromedary", through the relationship between the dromedary, the people and the narrator, Campbell illustrates man kind's ignorance and prejudiced feelings towards others. He demonstrates this throughout the poem in a number of different ways. The narrator displays the people's ignorance and prejudiced feelings towards the dromedary when he says, "A thousand eyes in vulgar wonder scanned" (Campbell), and "At his lank shanks and mocked with laughter shrill"(Campbell). These two lines show how the audience looked at the dromedary with disgust and how the audience made fun of the camel for looking different. The dromedary did not bother to acknowledge the fact that the people were laughing at him as his "coarse grace remained: his head was high" (Campbell). This shows that the dromedary chose to ignore the crowds ignorance and was still proud of who he was. This demonstrates that Campbell also wanted to send the message that one should not care what other people think and they should live their life as though no one is watching. It is also significant that the narrator does not do anything to stop the ridiculing of the dromedary. From the way, he recalls the incident, it is obvious that the narrator disliked the people who were laughing at the dromedary. In this case, the first line, "In dreams I see the Dromedary still," is very important...