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The Tone Of Ralph Ellison's Battle Royal
The short story Battle Royal written by Ralph Ellison is a heart breaking, tortured filled read that can be connected to other poems written during the Harlem renaissance; such poems include We Must Die by Claude Mckay and We Wear the Mask by Paul Lawrence Dunbar each connected by their tones, themes, and the visuals given throughout each read. To begin with, a tone comprehended within all these works is a prideful tone or the lack of being prideful. For the tone conveyed through Battle Royal is a prideful one; this tone is heard from when the narrator expresses his emotions when getting to present his speech. In the poem If We Must Die has a clear sense of pride as the narrator explains how the black community will fight to the death in order
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