Dunbar wrote "we wear the mas

why should the world be over-wise,

in counting all our tears and sighs?

nay, let them only see us, while

we wear the mask.

–“we wear the mask,”
paul laurence dunbar

k" during a period of widespread racial discrimination in the united states. why might the wearers of the mask not want people to see their pain?

What do we know about the mother in "two kinds"? select all that apply. she came from china. she had two daughters who died. her mother, father, and first husband are dead. she is part japanese.

What parts of hamlet’s soliloquy support a more negative outlook on life?

Which statements are true about theme? check all that apply. themes are observations about life. themes can be stated in a sentence. themes and topics are the same thing themes are messages a text conveys about a topic examples of themes include loyalty, corruption, and greed. themes are rarely stated directly and need to be inferred by the reader.