Women in Atienct Greek litetrue are describe in "Putting Her in Her Place: Women‚ Dirt‚ and Desire" by Anne Carson‚ as being wet‚ polluted‚ leaky and cold. This is used to describe the fact that many Greek writers such as Aristotle and Hesiod believed women to be more irrational than man‚ and unbounded to anything as men are‚ meaning women were more prone to sexual desires‚ jealousy‚ and emotions. Carson ties interesting points of his argument to certain Greeks myths‚ and the cultural norms these
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Anne Bradstreet was a woman during the Puritan era that made a huge impact on women regarding love and feminism within puritanism. In her poem‚ “A Letter to Her Husband” Bradstreet incorporated her true feelings and addresses to readers that her love for her husband is unconditional and that the synopsis of this poem is the love that she has for her husband. “My head‚ my heart‚ mine eyes‚ my life‚ nay‚ more”. To Bradstreet‚ her husband’s love is worth more than materialistic items or anything else
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offspring. Anne Frank was a girl and like most living things had two parents. Like all parents hers affected her life. She also had different relationships with her parents. Her father was always her role model she looked up to and learned from him. On the other hand‚ Anne’s relationship with her mother was more challenging. Some people might thought of it as being dysfunctional‚ but it was not‚ in the end. To go into detail‚ she argued with her mother constantly and disagreed with her mom when
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In her poem “The Author to Her Book‚” poet Anne Bradstreet portrays the feelings one feels as his or her work is read and criticized by others and the eventual acceptance of the faults in the writing. Bradstreet portrays this outlook on the creation process through the use of a metaphor comparing a written work- specifically a “book” in this poem –and a child. Bradstreet uses motherly language and words with a protective connotation in describing her “child” in order to reveal the speaker’s admiration
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pursuing roles other than a housewife. Anne Bradstreet‚ the first woman to have her poetry published as a resident of America was under public scrutiny at the time of her first publication. In her poem‚ “The Author of Her Book‚” Anne defended the quality of her works by acknowledging that they were published without consent and we also we get a glimpse into how the Puritans believed that women were not meant to be in the spotlight.
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Anne has a relationship with her parents‚ more or less. For example this can be seen when Anne’s behaviours and dialogs with them. Anne loves his father so much and she loves him more than everybody around the world. Anne said “It’s true. I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. You’re the only one I love.” (57). It shows that she loves only her father‚ not her mother her friends even her friends. She loves only her father and shows her love to him. And she wants her father always with her.
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American poet Anne Bradstreet manipulates a vast‚ dizzying array of metaphoric techniques in her most widely known poem. “The Author to Her Book” is an extended metaphor comparing the relationship of an author and her writings to the relationship between a parent and a child. Throughout the text‚ Bradstreet employs similes and metaphors to capture the attitude emotions felt by Bradstreet and how it conflicts with the puritan society that frowns upon her appreciation of her talents and role as a poet
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Louis MacNeice expresses his strong views on the human life by writing a poem through an unborn child’s voice. He starts off by asking God to protect him from various dangerous animals that could harm him such as blood sucking bats and land rats. The poet uses vivid language through the child’s fears through words such as hear me and not come near me which also rhyme. Furthermore the poet tries to emphasize the unborn fears through metaphors such as human race may with tall walls wall me‚ being
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reading the poem “Her Kind” by Anne Sexton a lot of thought and emotion arises. It leaves a lot to be questioned and can be interpreted in many different ways depending on the reader. I perceive it as the author symbolically describing her experience with manic episodes that she endured‚ but she describes it all in the second person perspective. She writes of a “witch” who is dark spirited‚ “twelve fingered”‚ mentally abnormal‚ and isolated from her community. I translate her description of the
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Anne Bradstreet - Here Follows Some Verses upon the Burning of Our House July 10th‚ 1666 Anne Bradstreet was the first woman in America who became a writer. She received an excellent education and wrote about politics‚ history‚ medicine and theology. This poem has caught my attention. In this poem‚ Anne Bradstreet tells the readers that her house was burnt. There is only material loss and she accepts losing everything with quite calm. She justifies herself using the figure of God. Only God is
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