Food can be significant in people's lives' for many different reasons - comparison of texts from food anthology. Titus Andronicus and Grandpa's Soup
Both Titus Andronicus and Grandpa’s soup serve the purpose of entertaining the reader in juxtaposing ways. Titus Andronicus is illustrative of the alarming horror that certain types of cooking and food reinforce, whereas Grandpa’s soup is representative of the warmth and affection that certain types of food and cooking can bring. Themes portrayed in these texts such as death, mortality, celebration, desperation, love and hate are looked at from completely different angles through the literary techniques displayed by both writers, which will be analyzed and discussed in this essay.
First of all, the celebratory atmosphere created in both texts highlight the horror/happiness. For example, in Titus Andronicus, ingredients of human flesh and bones are mixed to produce delightful dishes. Literally, this is gruesome and chaotic but for the characters cooking these dishes it connotes a sense of victory over defeating their enemies and ridiculing them, which they then celebrate. Similarly, in Grandpa’s Soup the ingredients are given a voice to, making them almost onomatopoeic for example, ‘hoch’, ‘loch’ and ‘och’. The rhythmic tone signifies togetherness and similarity between the words indicative of the togetherness and strong relationship the character has with her Grandpa. The repetition of these ingredients throughout the poem adds emphasis to this idea, it seems as if it was pouring out of her mind – this is also reflected through the character’s voice because it doesn’t seem to be limited to a form, the poem sprawls and is shaped by the speech, which reflects the joy and celebration in the poem.
Death and mortality are also common themes in these poems presented to us in two completely different ways. Ruthless cannibalism in Titus Andronicus versus natural death in Grandpa’s Soup: Titus very easily and by giving clear instructions orders on how to kill Chiron and Demetrius. This implies that if he so effortlessly does this he is not at all moved or
First of all, the celebratory atmosphere created in both texts highlight the horror/happiness. For example, in Titus Andronicus, ingredients of human flesh and bones are mixed to produce delightful dishes. Literally, this is gruesome and chaotic but for the characters cooking these dishes it connotes a sense of victory over defeating their enemies and ridiculing them, which they then celebrate. Similarly, in Grandpa’s Soup the ingredients are given a voice to, making them almost onomatopoeic for example, ‘hoch’, ‘loch’ and ‘och’. The rhythmic tone signifies togetherness and similarity between the words indicative of the togetherness and strong relationship the character has with her Grandpa. The repetition of these ingredients throughout the poem adds emphasis to this idea, it seems as if it was pouring out of her mind – this is also reflected through the character’s voice because it doesn’t seem to be limited to a form, the poem sprawls and is shaped by the speech, which reflects the joy and celebration in the poem.
Death and mortality are also common themes in these poems presented to us in two completely different ways. Ruthless cannibalism in Titus Andronicus versus natural death in Grandpa’s Soup: Titus very easily and by giving clear instructions orders on how to kill Chiron and Demetrius. This implies that if he so effortlessly does this he is not at all moved or