Does Phyllis Wheatley Use Religious References To Warn Her Readers About Slavery And Sin And Its Repercussions?
Does Phyllis Wheatley use religious references to warn her readers about slavery and sin and its repercussions?
Throughout the poem, "To the University of Cambridge, in New England", Phyllis Wheatley suggest that she accepted the colonial idea of slavery, by first describing her captivity, even though this poem has a subversive double meaning that has sent an anti-slavery message. Wheatley's choice of words indicates that her directed audience was educated at a sophisticated level because of the language chosen. Her audience was assumingly also familiar with the bible because of the religious references used. The bible was used as a reference because of its accessibility. Wheatley uses religious references to subversively warn her readers about slavery and its repercussions and to challenge her reader's morals.
As the poem starts out, Wheatley describes being taken from her "native shore" to "the land of errors." Her native shore was the western coast of Africa, and she was......
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