"Theology" by Paul Laurence Dunbar Flashcards

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poem

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  • epigram, short, witty poem
  • uses wit to argue that there has to be a heaven because he is going there, and that there is a hell because his neighbor is going there
  • idea that our perspective limits our ability to truly understand religion and
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exposing poem

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it exposes the hypocrisies that exist about religion

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flaw of this speaker

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he thinks its ok to denigrate other people

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