Wilderness of Freedom behind Bars. The Dichotomy of Civilization and Animality in Ted Hughes' Poem "The Jaguar"

Essay from the year 2017 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,0, Free University of Berlin, language: English, abstract: While his fellow animals appear to have accepted their imprisoned reality in a zoo as being comfortable and safe, a jaguar rushes through his cage with restlessness and rage. It is not his restlessness and rage alone that mesmerize the hu...