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South Asian Research Journal of Arts, Language and Literature (SARJALL)
Volume-3 | Issue-06
Review Article
“On Being Brought from Africa to America” [1]: The Realistic Truths about the Trickeries of Europeans by Phillis Wheatley
Beugre Zouankouan Stéphane
Published : Dec. 30, 2021
DOI : 10.36346/sarjall.2021.v03i06.004
Abstract
In this paper, the critical analysis and interpretation of one of the prestigious poem “On Being Brought from Africa to America” by Phillis Wheatley will demonstrate that it is really a metaphor on some realistic Truths about the trickeries used by Europeans in history both in their contact with Africans and in their relationships with black people. Due to the importance and value of each verse of this very short poem, we have proceed by a linear analysis in order to grasp the main content and meaning of each verse which sheds light on the very important trickeries (methods, processes, lies, hypocrisies and actions) used by white people. And to attain this goal, the analysis turns around theories such as hermeneutics, stylistics and Marxism due to the white man hegemony and feeling of superiority over the black man. As a result one may discover as principal trickeries and in order of denunciation by Phillis Wheatley, the trickery of “Paganism”, the trickeries of civilization and colonization, the trickeries of Religion and Christianity, the trickery of acculturation, the trickery of Racism, and the trickery of the color of skin.

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