Comparative Poem Analysis
Comparative Commentary on “Salome” and “Medusa”
Both “Salome” and “Medusa” are poems written by a poet called Carol Ann Duffy, which have similarities and differences based on various aspects of poem analysis.
To begin with the poem “Salome” has a slightly different audience than the poem “Medusa”. The audience in “Salome” is unconfident and oppressed women who do not believe in their power and what they can do, men who underestimate women and people who discriminate others based on their sex or gender. In addition to that the audience in “Medusa” is unconfident women who were hurt before –mostly by men- and do not believe that they can be strong again, and reckless men who hurt women and torture them both physically and mentally.
Moving on to the purpose of each poem, “Salome” aims to show the audience the power of women and how at times they can act like men and be stronger. The poem tells the audience there is not much difference between the two genders and how women can turn men into slaves by using their brains and sexuality. However “Medusa” has the purpose of making the audience emphasize the mythical character of Medusa whilst showing how women can blossom and rise again from the darkness and pain that they felt before and get stronger again.
The poems also have very different contents and things that happening in them. In the poem “Salome”, a woman called Salome is waking up to a hangover, with a man beside her bed who she does not know. With the help of the religious story of Salome and John the Baptist, the audience can easily understand that she had killed the man however she acts reckless and does not care about the fact that she is a murderer, which indicates the power of women. Although in the poem “Medusa”, the audience comes across with a women who is hurt by her lover and turned into a monster because of her jealousy. Medusa realizes her power and strength throughout the poem and which shows the audience a women figure that is going
Both “Salome” and “Medusa” are poems written by a poet called Carol Ann Duffy, which have similarities and differences based on various aspects of poem analysis.
To begin with the poem “Salome” has a slightly different audience than the poem “Medusa”. The audience in “Salome” is unconfident and oppressed women who do not believe in their power and what they can do, men who underestimate women and people who discriminate others based on their sex or gender. In addition to that the audience in “Medusa” is unconfident women who were hurt before –mostly by men- and do not believe that they can be strong again, and reckless men who hurt women and torture them both physically and mentally.
Moving on to the purpose of each poem, “Salome” aims to show the audience the power of women and how at times they can act like men and be stronger. The poem tells the audience there is not much difference between the two genders and how women can turn men into slaves by using their brains and sexuality. However “Medusa” has the purpose of making the audience emphasize the mythical character of Medusa whilst showing how women can blossom and rise again from the darkness and pain that they felt before and get stronger again.
The poems also have very different contents and things that happening in them. In the poem “Salome”, a woman called Salome is waking up to a hangover, with a man beside her bed who she does not know. With the help of the religious story of Salome and John the Baptist, the audience can easily understand that she had killed the man however she acts reckless and does not care about the fact that she is a murderer, which indicates the power of women. Although in the poem “Medusa”, the audience comes across with a women who is hurt by her lover and turned into a monster because of her jealousy. Medusa realizes her power and strength throughout the poem and which shows the audience a women figure that is going