An Analysis Of Phyllis Wheatley's Ideas

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The excerpt about Phyllis Wheatly’s philosophical views stood out to me. Although I am unsure as to whether I interpreted the poem accurately, the ideas were such which could easily be related to in this century’s daily life. Acceptance of oneself as well as acceptance of others is a current major idea. One of Phyllis Wheatley’s ideas was that someone can have an ugly outside but a beautiful mind and imagination. Another of her theory's I agreed with was that with an imagination you can observe the whole universe in a different more vibrant perspective. Personally, I appreciate open minds. Phyllis made me believe she wanted to say one can appreciate things that may seem bad to those with closed minds. (And the things may not be bad in reality

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