Bring out the theme of isolation, dislocation and nostalgia as brought out in the poem The Dolphins' by Carol Ann Duffy.
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The Dolphins by Carol Ann Duffy is dramatic monologue voiced by a dolphin which revolves around the themes of exploitation displacement, alienation and the need for ecological conservation. The poem presents us a disturbing picture of what unregulated power is capable of doing to the lives of others.
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The Dolphins' by Duffy brings home the Idea that Isolation and dislocation are my TAlent not only for the humans but a or the antmals. Most of the animal species are gregarious. The dolphins are water creatures that like to swim in shoals in the ocean. Their natural habitat is the sea where they Live hapPily peacefully in freedom. They are Intelligent mammals and have kinship with humans. They are generally considered to be man's friends Dolphins presents a situation In which dolphins have been trapped and lo ve In an artificial world. They are kent in a pool in a waterpark for the amusement of the visitor. They are under the awe of thetr keeper, They are
made to do some tricks like jumping through hoops of playing with a colouredballMut the dolphins - probably two in number in the pool are unhappy is made clear In the opening stanza by the speaker-dolphin. They are unhappy due to several reasons. First of all, they are Isolated from their ilk. They can no longer enjoy the company of other dolphins as they used to do. Secondly, they have been dislocated. They have been removed from their natural habitat, the sea, to the confined space of a pool. This forced isolation and dislocation are enough to make them sad and unhappy. The loss of freedom weighs heavily on them
World is what you swim in, or drive, it is simple. We are in our element but we are not free
They are totally helpless and desolate. Their state of isolation in a cramped space makes them nostalgic The image of the expansive ocean, where they once lived. flashes across their mind and makes them restless:
And now we are no longer blessed. for the world will not deepen to dream than. The other knees and out of love reflects me for myself We see our silver skin flash by like memory
of somewhere else.The new cramped artificial world is puzzling to the dolphins who are generally intelligent. It is known that the dolphins receive a lot of information through their skin. They also have a largely developed sonar. Despite their intelligence. they make no sense of the world in which they have been put. They find it totally artificial. Here the moon of their natural habitat has been replaced with a coloured ball. There is no freedom here. There is a boring limited space to travel. There is no music except that of the whistle blowing - something that is not pleasing. The plight of the dolphins is revealed by their awareness of their dark future :
There is a man and our mind knows we will die here.
In short. The Dolphins pinpoint the psychological effects of Isolation and dislocation. The dolphin here gives a voice to the feelings of all Isolated and dislocated creatures. The poet wants to make us aware of it as we know only of human isolation and dislocation. We need to be reminded of the pain and anguish of those animals who are trapped and isolated for various reasons.