battle royal symbolism
In the story "Battle Royal" by Ralph Ellison, he uses a white, naked, exotic dancer as a big symbol in the story. Tattooed on the girl that the narrator is directing his attention to is an American Flag. The symbol of the American flag on the naked blonde girl relates to the many themes of the story such as the struggle for equality. To understand how the American flag plays its role in the story you have to look at what it represents. First, the public symbol meanings of the American flag being the American dream, freedom, independence, and equality. To the main character, the narrator, those meanings are important to him. In the story the exotic dancer was what the American flag represented. It is obvious that the Narrator is attracted to the exotic dancer. "[He wanted] to caress her and destroy her, love her and murder her." The narrator wants what the exotic dancer represents. The Narrator wants to be equal among everybody else, but the white men won't
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Some common words found in the essay are:
American Flag, Ralph Ellison, exotic dancer, white people, american flag, exotic dancer represents, dancer represents, attracted exotic, attracted exotic dancer, , equal white people, narrator equal else, narrator equal, equal else, suppose attracted, equal white,
Approximate Word count = 654
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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