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What is a main theme of Dunbar's first stanza? ✔ Some people are forced to hide their suffering.Humankind is helpless against society.X Pain is part of the human condition.What is a main theme of Crane's poem? Humankind is inherently selfish.The universe is cruel.✔ The universe is indifferent to humankind.

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✔ Some people are forced to hide their suffering.
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Humankind is helpless against society.
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X Pain is part of the human condition.
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How do the themes of both poems reflect the beliefs of naturalism? Both show humans' need to deceive themselves.Both show that humans are self-absorbed. ✔ Both show humans' helplessness in the face of external forces.

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Both show humans' need to deceive themselves.
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Both show that humans are self-absorbed.
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✔ Both show humans' helplessness in the face of external forces.
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Compare the themes of the two poems.

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Dunbar's poem examines African Americans' contributions to society; Crane's poem examines humankind's contributions to the universe.
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Dunbar's poem examines African Americans' place in society; Crane's poem examines humankind's place in the universe.
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Both poems involve the search for human companionship.
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Both poems involve the search for the meaning of life.
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Contrast the themes of the two poems.

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Dunbar's poem depicts human emotions; Crane's poem depicts human thought.
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Crane's poem is about honesty; Dunbar's poem is about trickery.
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Crane's poem links humankind and the divine; Dunbar's poem isolates the divine.
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Dunbar's poem focuses on societal forces; Crane's poem focuses on environmental forces.

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