“The Heart of a Peacock” emphasizes the peacock is personified as a human being with personal emotions and feelings. The peacock’s drastic changes; at first, he is lonely and proud but later he becomes a loyal, but his proud spirits crushed creature. In the beginning, the peacock is a pretentious and selfish character. “From head to tail he was magnificent knew it, arrogantly flaunting his beauty as he came”. It illustrates that he is …showed first 75 words of 313 total…

…showed last 75 words of 313 total…at the end that what he really cares is not the satisfied audience, but a companionable friend who appreciates not only his appearances but also his inner virtues. Later, “the peacock beat his breast against the wire in vain” because he feels the lack of love with the narrator: he can’t live there anymore. As a result, without his love of life, he is broken both mentally and physically and desires to be free.