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We wear the mask that grins and lies, it hides our cheeks and shades our eyesâ€" this debt we pay to human guile; with torn and bleeding hearts we smile, and mouth with myriad subtleties. â€""we wear the mask," paul laurence dunbar a man said to the universe: "sir, i exist!" "however," replied the universe, "the fact has not created in me "a sense of obligation." â€""a man said to the universe," stephen crane what is a main theme of dunbar's first stanza? what is a main theme of crane's poem?

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Answer:

wearing a mask shows no feeling

Step-by-step explanation:

"We wear the mask that grins and lies"

"This debt we pay to human guile; with torn and bleeding hearts we smile"

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