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Analysis Of Dorothy Parker's 'A Certain Lady'
Dorothy Parker was an author, poet, screenwriter, social justice warrior, and scathing literary critic whose biting wit, combined with her unfortunate love life, made her a legend. She was a member of the elite New York club, the Algonquin Round Table (playfully called "The Vicious Circle"), along with celebrities Harpo Marx, George and Beatrice Kaufman, and Margaret Leech Pulitzer. While many people at the time dismissed her poems as “flapper verse” (Meade 178), Dorothy Parker’s poetic criticisms of society remain relevant today. In her lyrical poem A Certain Lady, Parker develops a character who is in love with an oblivious man. Although she flirts with him and hangs on to every word he says, the man can not see how much she loves
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