Write an essay of approximately 200 words in which you explain how Maya Angelou uses the symbol of the cage throughout the poem to develop a theme.

In her poem, "Caged Bird", Maya Angelou uses the symbol of the cage to develop the theme of lack of freedom.

If a bird is out of a cage, it is free to fly and do whatever it desires: it can even "claim the sky" and name it "his own." The flight of a bird symbolizes freedom. On the other hand, when in a cage, a bird is unable to fly, which means that it is not free. It is afraid and cannot use its wings. The bird sings because it wants freedom, but also because it is frightened.

A bird's cage is actually a metaphor for racism and slavery. It is a symbol for  the lack of freedom which African American people experience. They are not free - both physically and psychologically. These people are chained and oppressed, and there is nothing they can do to escape that situation. The poem, therefore, does not only explore the theme of lack of freedom in general. It reminds us of the awful treatment of Black people, who are deprived of freedom to speak, move, love, etc.

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one thousand and one nights, also called the arabian nights is a collection of middle eastern tales compiled in arabic during the islamic golden age, dated from the 8th to the 14th century. this collection was compiled of largely middle eastern and indian stories with an uncertain date and autorship whose tales such as aladdin, ali baba and sinbad the sailor -these ones were the most popular ones, the ones that have almost become part of western folklore.

as in much medieval european literature, the stories contained in this collection are set within a frame story. its scene is central asia, as known as "the islands or peninsulae of india and china", where king shahryar kills his wife after discovering her infidelities and as well as any other who betrayed him.   then, loathing all womankind, he marries and kills his new wife each day until no more candidates could have been found. his vizier had two daughters, scheherezade and dunyazad. the elder one -scheherezade- having devised a scheme to save herself and the others insisted that her father needed to give her in marriage to the king. each evening, she used to tell a story leaving it incomplete and promising to finish it the following night. the stories kept the king very interested, so eager to hear evey ending of each story, that he puts off her execution from day to day and finally he decided to give up with his plan. these stories are contained within the collection of 1001 nights, the bulk of the text is in prose, although verse is usually used for songs and riddles to express better the heightened emotion of them.

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