Death of a Salesman: Symbolism

Langston Hughess poem breathing in Deferred is basically around what happens to ambitiousnesss when they are put on hold. Hughes probably intended for the poem to focus on the inspirations of African-Americans because he originally entitled the poem Harlem, which is the capital of African American life in the unite States however, it is just as easy to read the poem as being ab appear dreams in command and what happens when race postpone making them come true.Overall, Hughes uses a carefully arranged series of images that suggest that spate should non delay their dreams because the more they postpone them, the more the dreams ordain change and the less likely they will come true. In the opening of the poem Hughes uses a visual image that compares a dream deferred to a raisin. Hughes asks the question, Does it the dream dry up, Like a raisin in the sun? (2-3). Here you can see the raisin, which used to be a moist, healthy-looking grape, has shriveled up to become a raisin.L ike the raisin, the dream has been on hold for a persistent time and eventually it has transformed into something very different than it once was. Because they look so different, few people would believe that raisins were once grapes unless they had been told. Similarly, a dream that continues to be postponed will go through a innovation as well-it wont be the same as the original. On the surface, readers may not view the outcome as negative because raisins are valuable on their own. However, Hughes does not stress the taste of the raisin he emphasizes the fact that a raisin dries up or loses its moisture.The comparison of the dream to the withered raisin shows how a dream that is postponed changes dramatically and will not turn out as the person originally intended. The next image in the poem get on like a sore and then run (3-4) gives you a sense of infection and imposition. Comparing the dream to a sore of a body, Hughes suggests that unfulfilled dreams become part of us, lik e a longstanding hurt that has gathered pus. The word fester meaning something decay and run literally refers to pus in my opinion.From this perspective, it explains the pain that someone has when their dream always defers. A postponed dream is like a painful injury that begins to be infected. The next image Does it stink like rotten meat(5) intensified the sense of disgust. A dream deferred may also stink. If dreams are stashed away, will they haunt us like rotten meat haunts us when it sits too long in the refrigerator? If rotting meat didnt smell so bad, how much lengthy do you opine it would sit in your fridge? The smell is often what reminds us to do something about it, to throw it away.What kinds of things crust or sugar over(6)? Honey cheese or candy. Usually things that left out in the open and that arent put away properly. fag end dreams be put away properly? Can dreams be preserved if they arent pursued? Hughes compares dreams to sweet-tasting things, and comparing the bitterness of lost dreams. Maybe it just sags like a heavy load (8-9). Sagging things are things that are old, for example our skin, furniture or even curtains. I think Hughes is pointing out how important dreams are because they are heavy and if we ignore them, they grow to sag. Or does it magnify (10)? I think when Hughes uses the word explode he leaves it up to question. Explode could mean either from reinforced up pressure or something more positive like fireworks or celebration. Whichever comparison, I think either are strong outcomes become your dream has some sort of result. Because of the time period Hughes wrote this poem, I think he wants the readers to question and think about their dreams, and what you are going to do with them especially for African Americans.