An Analysis Of Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited
From analysing Bob Dylan’s album Highway 61 Revisited, one could argue that the overall meaning is to take a political stance against the United States government and Americans as well on calling out the hypocrisy of the nation. Dylan essentially is criticizing the brutal racism and the government’s lack of intervention to try and appease these racial tensions. In addition to that, he is mocking the elite society to point out the injustices that against those of a lower status which in this case would be mostly African Americans.
Dylan is trying to show that the events in the U.S are almost laughable as evidenced by the song “Ballad Of A Thin Man” where he uses the setting of the circus to illustrate the events unfolding in the 1960’s. He
Dylan is trying to show that the events in the U.S are almost laughable as evidenced by the song “Ballad Of A Thin Man” where he uses the setting of the circus to illustrate the events unfolding in the 1960’s. He