B.L.A.C.K (Breathing Literature Amongst Critics and Kindred). We are a group of Oakwood University College students who love to bring classic literature into contemporary culture.
"The Dream of the Rood" painted the images of Christ's crucifixion by personifying the rood, a crucifix proving that a creator does not simply need a human while portraying emotion in their artwork. The author's decision to personify the rood during this experience represented multiple reasons. One may argue that the personification of the rood was done strictly for the sake of creativity without surpassing the surface reasoning. On the opposing end, I assert that the rood was personified with evangelical intentions as a means to gather the beliefs of those with near-rood emotions and I'll further explain why. A crucifix is modernly worn by people who believe along with people who don't believe but neither can ignore the story that it carries. While reading "The Dream of the Rood" I couldn't help but picture the rood speaking this dream while lying on the chest of someone who didn't believe but wore the crucifix for strictly fashionable reasons. The rood bleeds this story on them and is representative of the power of Christ's crucifixion as if to say that even the most inanimate objects are representative of Him along with His crucifixion. The poem is not called "The Memory of the Rood" but it is called "The Dream of the Rood" which signifies that this is not the rood witnessed the death of Christ. Instead, it signifies that the rood is given the dream of his birth and symbolic existence in the same way that African-Americans can be moved by the history that has birthed us. The rood can relate to the crucifixion in the same way that my skin can relate to Africa. This reverts back to the assertion stating that the author chose the rood for evangelical purposes to reveal the power of the Holy Spirit that can move you to a place you have never been but to a God that birthed you.
"The Dream of the Rood" painted the images of Christ's crucifixion by personifying the rood, a crucifix proving that a creator does not simply need a human while portraying emotion in their artwork. The author's decision to personify the rood during this experience represented multiple reasons. One may argue that the personification of the rood was done strictly for the sake of creativity without surpassing the surface reasoning. On the opposing end, I assert that the rood was personified with evangelical intentions as a means to gather the beliefs of those with near-rood emotions and I'll further explain why. A crucifix is modernly worn by people who believe along with people who don't believe but neither can ignore the story that it carries. While reading "The Dream of the Rood" I couldn't help but picture the rood speaking this dream while lying on the chest of someone who didn't believe but wore the crucifix for strictly fashionable reasons. The rood bleeds this story on them and is representative of the power of Christ's crucifixion as if to say that even the most inanimate objects are representative of Him along with His crucifixion. The poem is not called "The Memory of the Rood" but it is called "The Dream of the Rood" which signifies that this is not the rood witnessed the death of Christ. Instead, it signifies that the rood is given the dream of his birth and symbolic existence in the same way that African-Americans can be moved by the history that has birthed us. The rood can relate to the crucifixion in the same way that my skin can relate to Africa. This reverts back to the assertion stating that the author chose the rood for evangelical purposes to reveal the power of the Holy Spirit that can move you to a place you have never been but to a God that birthed you.
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