Using what you have learned from today's lesson, the readings, and the poem, analyze "Dying Beast" by Langston Hughes in terms of its message, figurative language, and connection to the Harlem Renaissance. This should be a well-developed response using evidence from the poem. Your response should be no longer than three paragraphs.

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explanation:

femininity is conveyed through bernice's personality. she doesn't act how the other girls act and everyone thinks she is weird. she learns how to act in a way that was considered femininely appropriate at the time. she becomes so popular but her attempts to be liked end up backfiring when she is pressured into bobbing her hair. the author wrote that bernice cut off her cousin's hair in revenge for tricking her to cut her hair. this was the authors way of trying to change the way feminine is defined and the way women are expected to act.

this answer to this question is c. allegory

why?

stories with allegories have a hidden symbolic meaning with a theme. the hidden meaning can be political, or other real life problems.

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