Abstract
The paper examines Randall's poems,"Ballad of Birmingham," "A Poet is Not a Jukebox," and "The Profile on the Pillow" and how they demonstrate his style and ability. The paper highlights the powerful imagery, symbolism and rhythm in these poems as well as the overriding theme of love.

From the Paper
"Baxter Miller writes that Randall grew up during the Harlem Renaissance, where he was obviously inspired with not only current events and issues but also artistic expression. Randall was a "poet of the next generation, and later, he helped to pioneer a third poetic era during the 1960s" (Miller). Randall explored "racial and historical themes, introspective and self-critical, his work combines ideas and forms from Western traditional poetry as well as from the Harlem Renaissance movement" (Miller). Randall was also an editor and publisher, which made him "invaluable to the Afro-American community" (Miller). Randall should be recognized as a man that realized his passion as well as his talent. He took issues that were important to him and his generation and was able to speak to millions through his art. Randall used imagery, rhyme, and themes of love successfully in his poetry. Dudley Randall's poetry captures slices of American life that reveals his eye passion and concern.
"One of Randall's most popular poems is "Ballad of Birmingham," which recounts the dreadful church bombing in the city in 1963. His poem looks at the event from the perspective of one of the victim's mother. Chris Semansky writes, "Focusing on the relationship between a mother and her child allows Randall to evoke as much horror and pathos as possible from the story" (Semansky). Instead of wailing about the situation, Randall speaks with a soft voice that still proves his point of the absurdity of the incident. The image of the mother attempting to keep her child safe is met with bitter disappointment."

Tags:imagery, symbolism, rhythm, love

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The paper discusses Dudley Randall's poem, "Ballad of Birmingham," with an emhasis on the irony in the poem.

From the Paper
"In Dudley Randall's poem "Ballad of Birmingham" he actively portrays the life and death of one young girl in the space of eight quatrains. Martin Luther King Jr's church in Birmingham, Alabama was actually bombed by white terrorists. Four little girls died in the explosion. This poem is based on the real life events of that attack."

Tags:dudley randall, balad of birmingham, irony, martin luther king

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This paper discusses, summarizes and reviews Dudley Johnson's article "William Harris Garland: Mechanic of the Old South," describing the life led by the main character, William Harris Garland, the economic situation of the era and the character of Garland. The paper also discusses the importance that Johnson places on the role Garland played in American history along with the thousands of other like Garland.

From the Paper
"Today, too many of us still think of "The Old South" at the beginning and middle of the Nineteenth Century as either made up of wealthy plantation owners, or slaves. Garland's experiences which he wrote down in a lot of letters were those of an itinerant mechanic, moving from place to place, trying to find work, and often trying to travel without a cent in his pocket. William Garland, as described in Johnson's article. Was one of "a number of skilled workmen in the South prior to the Civil War, and the work they did was vital to the region (Johnson 41). Like so many itinerant workmen today, "he and his friends had no interest in the political situation. They were more concerned with obtaining and keeping jobs and with reducing their financial insecurity" (41)."

Tags:labor, management, trade, class, engineer, riverboat, job, wages, low, economy, depression

Abstract
This paper provides an explication of the Dudley Randall poem "Ballad of Birmingham." The poem was written as a tribute to the lives lost when white racists bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham Alabama, killing four young black girls and wounding twenty others.

From the Paper
"Imagine four young girls attending Sunday school in their finest clothes-Denise McNair Cynthia Wesley Carole Robertson and Addie MaeCollins aged .... to ...- safe in Church despite the Civil Rights chaos around them on the streets of Birmingham, Alabama. (Brunner) Imagine the shock and horror among the parents and friends of these four girls as bomb ripped through the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church on September ... killing all four and wounding twenty others. (Brunner) It is the shock and horror of one of the most heinous..."

Tags:atmosphere, tone, speaker, imagery, allusion, prejudice, African Americans, Civil Rights movement, violence, sacred

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This paper will examine the gender roles in The Great Gatsby by Fitzgerald and The Gilded by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner. By showing how these authors present satire in traditional gender roles, we can see how female and male gender roles interchange with each other.

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This paper uses three works of literature as a means of exploring how each work responds to racism and prejudice in American society: 1) James Baldwin's poem "Harlem," 2) Randall Dudley's poem "Ballad of Birmingham," and 3) Lorraine Hansberry's drama "A Raisin in the Sun."

From the Paper
"Discrimination is the unfair treatment of a person or group of people based on prejudice. In American history African Americans were subjected to great oppression and discrimination. The injustices visited upon Blacks came to a head during the.... s and ....s leading to the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Prior to this oppression violence and discrimination were routine for Blacks in American society. This history of discrimination is captured in a variety of works of art including Langston Hughes' poem 'Harlem', Dudley Randall's ..."

Tags:violence, oppression, prejudice, marginalization, dreams, opportunities, American Dream

Abstract
This paper discusses some of the significant differences that can exist between different versions of the play "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles. The paper specifically focuses on the different ways that translators interpret and represent the ancient Greek play. It compares the translations of the play by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald, with that of Robert Fagles, focusing on one pivotal moment in the play.

From the Paper
"The influence a translator can have on the final form of a translated text, in this case Sophocles' Oedipus the King, is quite obviously very significant. At times, the differences--like stanza and line break--can seem subtle, but have important effects on the play's presentation. Other times, the language is so wildly different that it would take a reader as blind as Oedipus not to note the extreme variation in translation. The cautionary tale of Oedipus, his pride, his fate, and his downfall is evident in both translations presented above. What differences exists are simply a matter of interpretation and intention. For Fagles: "These are the griefs that burst upon them both, / coupling man and woman" (ln. 1416-1417) while for Fitts and Fitzgerald the same play illustrates that "from the unhappiness of two this evil has spring. / A curse on the man and woman alike" (ln. 1231-1232)."

Tags:text, interpretation, presentation, audience

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This paper introduces the book "Streets of Hope" (Peter Medoff and Holly Sklar) about the Boston neighborhood of Dudley which went from being impoverished and run-down to become an example of what community spirit and determination can do to turn a place around. The paper examines the importance of the church in the inhabitants' spirit to improve their neighborhood. It also shows the book's emphasis on the will of the people to improve their lot and how they strive to move away from the stereotypical image of a welfare community.

From the Paper
"While there may be people out there like that, the stereotype couldn't be farther from the truth for the residents of Dudley Street. They don't agree with the idea that all poor people are lazy, and laziness is why they are poor. Many people are poor due to other unfortunate circumstances, and some of them are not able to help themselves. The time and money to better oneself is often not there. Dudley Street is showing that people can make a difference in their communities, no matter whether they are poor or not. Anything can be made better if everyone is willing to work at it."

Tags:DSNI, black, Latino, St., Patrick's

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A paper which introduces and discusses the movie "Bedazzled," starring Elizabeth Hurley, Brandon Fraser, and Francis O'Conner which is directed by Harold Ramis. The paper focuses on movie reviews of this film which was made in the year 2000. It shows how critics are mixed about the humor and content of this remake. Also, many critics felt the script by Ramis and colleagues did not do justice to the 1967 film (starring Dudley Moore and Peter Cook) and was not funny enough to carry cast and characters.

From the Paper
"Just like its ultimate theme of good vs. evil, "Bedazzled" is the kind of movie critics either loved or hated, there did not seem to be any middle ground. I personally found the film so funny, and entertaining, I purchased the DVD, and even taped the original on the Fox Movie Channel so I could compare the two. While I found some genuinely great moments in the first film, I think the new "Bedazzled" was funnier, and did not bog down in the middle as much as the first film. I thought the wish sequences were all played extremely well, with Fraser appearing uniquely different in each one. My personal favorite was the last sequence, when he encounters the angelic prisoner in the jail cell, and really discovers himself in the process. "Bedazzled" certainly had its flaws, as many critics pointed out, but it was a charming and amusing film."

Tags:Ghostbuster, Devil, Alison

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By analyzing and comparing traditional and modern ballads, some characteristics of traditional ballads imitated by modern ballad writers can be found. The examples of the former are "Sir Patrick Spens" and "Lord Rendal," and those of the latter are "The Murder of Maria Marten" and "Ballad of Birmingham" by Dudley Randall. The discussion of the similarities between these four ballads in this paper focuses on the structure of a ballad stanza, the use of repetition and the manner of story-telling.

From the Paper
"Another interesting similarity between the ages of ballads is in the objectivity in which the stories are told. The composer has little emotional reactions and the focus is on the events of the story rather than the effects on the storyteller. In a ballad, therefore, the personality of the narrator is not important. The dialogue in "Ballad of Birmingham," which takes place between a mother and her young daughter, gives an example of a rhyme using a question and answer pattern (Laws 59-60). The little girl asks if she may "go downtown" to join "a Freedom March today?" and the mother answers, "No, baby, no, you may not go" ("Ballad of Birmingham" 1, 4-5)."

Tags:literary, broadside, reiteration