what role do prejudice, discrimination,bias play in the poem "the cold within"
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This is highly symbolic of the foolishness of people's ill feelings against their fellow men. If people are not broad minded enough then they can never enjoy a happy and peaceful life. This is the role the poet wanted to convey against discrimination, envy and racism in the play The Cold Within.
And this was due to their prejudiced mind and selfishness even in the time of need. So prejudice plays the role of a destroyer here. The poem is a simple yet powerful reminder that if we fail to get over our prejudices in the time of need, the very existence of mankind is at stake.
Human beings have created many division among themselves like class, caste, race, religion, gender etc. The message of the poem is a simple one : if we keep discriminating each other, ththe message that the poet is trying to convey in the poem is that if we selfishly hold on to the world's resources,and the wealth that it has to offer,if we persist in discriminating on grounds of race,religion and caste then we are lost so we should not be cold from withine world will surely end in chaos