Richard Corey and Miniver Cheevy
Robinson’s portrayal of the Outcast in Society in “Richard Cory” and “Miniver Cheevy” In Edwin Arlington Robinson’s poems, “Richard Cory” and “Miniver Cheevy” the main characters are portrayed as outcasts. ... Richard Cory is admired by his peers, where as, Miniver Cheevy is opposite; people look down on him. ... For Richard Cory, the saying money can’t buy happiness, could not be more appropriate. ... In contrast Miniver Cheevy, had nothing to be admired for, he had done nothing with his life and yet he longed to have the adoration that Richard Cory had, the respect and almost kingly qualities, “he was a gentleman from sole to crown”. Miniver Cheevy wanted to be the hero that Cory was to the people on the street. “Miniver mourned the ripe renown that made so many a name so fragrant.” ”Richard Cory” is told from an outsider’s point of view, so that the reader does not gain any more insight into Cory’s mind then the people on the pavement. ... Richard Cory had no friends the people of the town never really saw him as a person, in fact they never saw him at all, the “people on the pavement looked at him”, never spoke to him, he was only something to admire.