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How is the concept of changing perspective represented and developed in The Door by Miroslav Holub?

The poem is a dramatic monologue which uses an implied interlocutory function to depict changing perspective as a positive concept tempered with uncertainty and aims to encourage timid readers to take action to free themselves from restraints and explores the myriad of possibilities which may lie beyond this metaphorical gateway. When the context is considered a subverted political layer is distinguishable; although originally banned from publishment, Holub wrote The Door during the 1950’s at a time when the Communism reign over Czechoslovakia was at its most powerful and oppressive. A contrast is created between the perspective of the inside and ou...

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