The world’s wife is a compilation of poems published in 1999 and written by Carol Ann Duffy‚ a modern feminist poet. It covers various myths in order to give women a voice. This includes the short monologue like poem: “Medusa”. How do metaphors‚ symbols and allegories contribute in clarifying the meanings of the poem? Primarily‚ they emphasise Duffy’s feminist ideals‚ Medusa’s emotions and aging difficulties. Medusa‚ the protagonist‚ uses the myth metaphorically in order to create a modern and
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Interactive Oral Commentary: Stealing My name is Kate Sampson and today I will be analysing Carol Ann Duffy’s poem‚ Stealing. To begin with‚ I will provide some background information to help put the themes in this poem into context. It was published in the 1980’s during Margaret Thatcher’s Prime Ministership‚ it is essentially a political poem in response to a new culture of greed and selfishness that ignored the working-class. There were constant poll tax riots‚ miner’s strikes‚ homelessness
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St. Joseph’s soup kitchen has been providing food to the homeless and otherwise needy for over twenty years. Through my Christian Service‚ I was able to contribute to their mission. Though food is served from 1 PM to 3 PM‚ preparation begins much earlier. I worker both the morning (preparation) and afternoon (serving shift). In the morning‚ I worked a variety of jobs that included making sandwiches‚ making garlic bread‚ preparing coffee‚ moving boxes‚ going to the store to buy ice‚ cleaning silverware
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A Broken Wing What is it like to be free? Bobbie Ann Mason‚ the author of "Shiloh" puts Norma Jean Moffitt through different tests in her life before she can find her freedom. Mason introduces us to a character who yearns to be free from her husband and mother. Throughout Norma Jean’s life she has dealt with many difficult and trying times that sometimes may not make sense to her and finally this thirty-four-year-old woman is ready to spread her wings; fly away and see what it is like
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Man And Woman 1-O) we are here because of 1 man and 1 woman and when we were born we all started as being a woman. In the bible it says in Genesis 2:18 “it is not good for the man to be alone I will make a helper suitable for him.” Also in Corinthians 11:9 “and man was not made for woman‚ but woman was made for man” so this basically explains that woman and man should be treated equally because we were all woman and God created woman to help us‚ if the woman was a the weaker
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Does anybody know what the ideal woman is supposed to look like? Is this woman thin and tall or fat and short? Why are woman judged on how they look and how they dress‚ but males are not? Why are images of woman everywhere? Why do woman feel that they have to be gorgeous so society can love her? Believe it or not‚ society plays a big role in people lives. The biggest role it probably plays is how a female should look. For instance‚ if you look at the television‚ if you look at movies‚ and if
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I believe the author’s message is that masculinity is a key factor in a young man’s life and masculinity shapes their life. The author heavily inflicts the importunacy of incorporating masculinity into his reading. The author‚ Copper Thompson‚ suggests that violence maintains the two most critical socializing forces in a boy’s life. He also suggests that society advocates violence. I agree society definitely enforces physical violence‚ to an extent. Sports‚ movies etc. promotes violence as competiveness
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In the short story “Janus”‚ Ann Beattie uses strong displays of symbolism to lead the reader into the personal life of the protagonist‚ Andrea. The author digs deep into the loneliness that Andrea’s life conveys‚ using a simple bowl as her main tool. The bowl can be seen as a symbol for the life that Andrea leads‚ or as a symbol for the world that she lives in‚ the world that she describes as “full of tricks.” Andrea’s life seems to revolve around the bowl. As a real estate agent‚ Andrea
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In her morbid poem ’Havisham’‚ Carol Ann Duffy redefines one of Charles Dickens’ most memorable characters‚ Miss Havisham. Jilted at the alter by her one true love‚ Dickens portrayed Havisham as an old spinster‚ her life wasted away trying to gain revenge on all men. Through her dramatic monologue ’Havisham’‚ Duffy gives the disturbed old woman a voice to express her feelings about her wasted life. One of the themes that I found fascinating in this poem was the idea that a moment of betrayal can
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The independent woman. Independence in women has got to be one of the greatest jumps in the history of television. For years in the entertainment industry women have been represented as a subservient service to the husband and children‚ incapable of doing anything great with themselves other then fulfilling their duties as a housewife and mother. Today‚ they are known to be capable of anything. Whether it is being a single mother‚ to being able to provide for herself‚ in pursuit of her dreams
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