The theme of the poem "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" by William Carlos Williams is exactly that, the Fall of Icarus. This theme was explored many times throughout many major works, however here it is explored as a background image, not noticed by hardworking people in the sun. Icarus falls and drowns, and nobody bats an eye.
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If all of the actors in the production were children, it would convey a feeling of innocence.
Rikki tells Nagaina that he is not going to spare her egg and he will kill her.
The author includes logical evidence that Indian workers and formerly enslaved people didn't get along because wages went down.
In the passage, it states:
"The Indian coolies and the ex-slaves, who resented the newcomers flooding the colonies and driving down wages, were instant rivals."
In this case, the Indian coolies are the newcomers and the ex-slaves are the ones resenting them. Therefore, the ex-slaves resent the Indian coolies because they were driving down wages.
