salvation found in female solidarity‚ alongside her awareness that women in the Victorian era faced certain pressures that perhaps prompted them to turn away from one another. Need for self-deferral Preference for external over corporeal Zeitgeist Cousin Kate Key concerns incorporated Temptation to indulge in the corporeal Failure of female solidarity Deceptiveness of
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story in Cousin Kate’ In Cousin Kate the poet presents the reader with the idea that women have many expectations in life and are governed by men‚ giving them no real freedom‚ and that to become truly happy one must break away from social expectations. Personally I believe this poem presents Rossetti with a stage where she can speak of her resentment at the power men have and the weaknesses and few liberties that women have in the Victorian period; as in the end she takes sympathy for Cousin Kate who
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Comparing Cousin Kate and The Seduction Cousin Kate is a pre twentieth century poem‚ written in ballet style (set in verse0 in a very rural countryside. It was written by Christina Rosseti‚ her voice is that of a young woman working as a cottage maiden that falls in love with a lord and gets pregnant‚ and is then discarded for her cousin Kate who marries the lord. The second poem "the seduction" is a more modern poem with an urban setting‚ and is written in narrative form. The rhyme and
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Brandon Vo Kuhn English 1A Period 5 12 December 2016 Finals Exam Dear cousin Demarcus‚ How are you doing? I just met the girl of my dreams‚ the daughter of Lord Capulet. She is the light to my darkness. There was a time‚ long ago when I felt alone‚ trapped into an abyss. It was all going downhill until you told me to see through the light. Her name is Juliet‚ beautiful name‚ isn’t it? She is so cute and I can’t wait to introduce you to her. If you saw her right now‚ you would probably fight me for
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at our home as if it was a hotel. My family has always been the sharing type‚ and everyone sees our home as the vacation house. My cousins are usually the ones over and we all hang out and do everything together over the summers. This particular summer I’d say more than half of my cousins were at my house. I remember it like it was yesterday‚ everyone by the pool‚ laughter‚ loudness‚ music‚ playing. The phone rings and the ambiance changed
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‘Cousin Kate’ is a double ballade‚ meaning that it is heavily rhymed and consists of six stanzas of 8 lines. It was written by Christina Rossetti in the 1870s. The outline of the poem is that the narrator ‘cottage maiden’ is introduced and describes herself as ‘Hardened by sun and air’ which shows that she is fairly low-class and that she works outside. In the 1800’s‚ if you had a tan because you would be working outside‚ this would show that you were of the working class. She then falls in love
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Clara Barton‚ in the 1862 letter to her cousin Vira‚ explains the despair of the camp before the battle. She supports her claim by the use of imagery‚ length of sentences‚ and personification of death. She writes in an informal tone for her cousin sharing her dread. The author’s purpose is to inform her cousin of the anxiety felt throughout the camp over the Battle of Fredericksburg. Barton uses imagery to create awareness of the gloominess of the situation at hand. It was on the eve of a battle
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supporters were mourning. But one man decided he had enough of this. “While attending a special performance of the comedy‚ ‘Our American Cousin‚’ President Abraham Lincoln was shot‚” (Government) leading the nation on a 12 day manhunt that would change the course of American History. John Wilkes Booth had learned of Lincoln’s plan to attend “Our American Cousin‚” and came up with a plan to murder President Abraham Lincoln‚ Vice President Andrew Johnson‚ and Secretary of State
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In "Cousin Kate"‚ Rossetti gives messages about an abuse of power. The "Lord" "lured" the narrator to his "palace home". The word "lured" is very ominous and enforces the idea that he is a figure with authority. He manages to seduce the narrator with his flattery‚ and then enthrals her like a predator with his prey. The Lord has a high social standing which explains how he "wore" the "cottage maiden" like a "silken knot". The narrator felt inferior to the Lord‚ therefore she allows him to abuse her
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For my coursework I am comparing the poem ‘Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti with ‘The Seduction’ by Eileen McAuley. Both these poems share similar storylines and themes. They both talk about how the females are lured into a false sense of reality and promises by men they think feel the same way. However‚ both men betray females after using them for their sexual gratification without regards for the lives they are damaging. Both poems are narratives‚ meaning they tell a story in verse. Throughout
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