Richard Cory By Edwin Arlington Robinson Meaning

People utilize several methods to define and analyze a person from their own life. For instance, some people may impose their own beliefs upon another because of that person's wealth or status. When analyzing or defining someone or their life, one needs to look beyond what people say to ascertain the truth. As you will see in the poem "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson the people wrongfully analyze Richard Cory from his status as a wealthy man and long to be him. Richard Cory is an unhappy man who desires a connection with people that he does not receive because of his perceived prominence. In the beginning, though there is no direct indication of this character's unhappiness, he appears to desire a connection. This desire

They could not see his desires when they thought he had no reason to need anything. The people considered him to be more prominent than a king. In all these ways they excluded him, but he was just a man like others. At one point it is said, "And he was always human when he talked" (6). Is he not human nor a man just because he has what they do not. That exemplifies just how different they viewed him. As a man a person, he still has feelings. He is lonely and unhappy and the way they treat him is partly to blame. Richard Cory doesn't receive the connection he may have wanted and needed. The people do not know him on a personal level. They separate themselves from him when they treat him differently because of who he is. It is continuously shown through their actions. Once they said, "We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown" (2-3). He wants to stroll the town regularly and meet people. They look up to him. "We from the pavement" is like saying they are not worthy and not only judge him falsely, but themselves

This becomes a preconceived notion when you assume who they are but do not get to know them. Unfortunately for Richard Cory, the townspeople assumed he could be nothing but happy and complete. This shows just how different they viewed him in comparison to the character he truly was. They all wanted to be him because of his riches but do not even realize how unhappy he was. He was clearly a man who had nobody to share his life with. He was the most important piece of this work. He appeared to be happy and kind and lead the life everyone wanted. Only he provided the very lesson that wealth does not mean happiness. Consequently, the ending proved this. It occurred when the townspeople were complaining about things in their lives. That on a summer night he took his. I think being treated differently made him feel alienated. His wealth and status could not get him everything he desired. It doesn’t seem that was reason enough to take his own life but does leave you to understand that Richard Cory was an unhappy