write a imagenari interview with dorothy perker
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In the poem, Interview, Dorothy Parker discusses the controversial topic of men. Parker depends on rhymes as the major style in her poem. Most of Parker’s poems are short but contain meaningful information. These poems invoke deep thoughts among the readers as they often contain an inner meaning. The themes in her poem, Interview are mainly male centered and thus has brought about significant conflicts with different critics. Parker, however, takes a different aspect in analyzing topics that leave the readers understanding the topic better.
In ‘Interview’, she was discussing on the ideal woman. When she says, “their candle gives a single light,” it is meant to show that women are simple but also that they appear to be that way to unsuspecting men. The choice of the title Interview made it seemed like the ideal women were trying to get secretarial jobs. The pretty girl who does not intimidate men however gets the job. When she says” They never sanction the impure, nor recognize an overture”. Women who see no evil nor speak about it make the best women or in Parker’s terms, the ideal woman.
The flow of the poem is rather fast and one may not be able to decipher the rhymes immediately. Within the poem, there are instances where Parker seems to have experienced the same situations before as she says, “So far, I’ve had no complaints.” When she writes this, it seems as if she played the role before writing about it. Another major theme in the “Interview” is that of relationships. Dorothy Parker outlines some redundant behavior among women that are found to be attractive to men. These are the kinds of ladies that “would shudder at a wicked word, not keep awake till three and would definitely not read erotic poetry”
According to Parker, these qualities seem to make them attractive. Using a sarcastic tone, Parker then goes on to openly detest and loathe these types of women. Conversely, Parker praises her own character, and proudly shows off her values. This preoccupation with her intelligence and uprightness as a woman, which was scoffed at in the early century, displays an issue that existed in the early 1990sand continued into the 20th. Apart from being self-condemning, Parker’s poem is also entertaining. She addresses the absurdity within the human social activities, and the naivety of her own self. Parkers possess simplicity of diction, clarity, and presentation, which is constant throughout her poem. She also has a strong tone and very humorous observations.