Both Duffy and Plath portray many similar themes in their poetry; the theme of family relationships is illustrated in the poems ’Brothers’ and ’Before you were mine’ by Duffy and in ’Daddy’ and ’Medusa’ by Plath. All four poems portray a speaker looking back over relationships within their family members‚ however the context varies; in ’Daddy’‚ it is implied that a relationship between a father and a young girl has been cut short by death‚ resulting in a psychological battle between the speaker and
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For example‚ when Pip took Estella to Havisham’s house‚ Estella displays her true feelings about her life and Miss Havisham. Estella blames Miss Havisham for her misery . This shows that even though Estella had wealth as a child‚ money can not buy everything and in Estella’s case money could not make up for the void of affection in her life. More importantly‚ Estella ended up marrying
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“We produce destructive people by the way we treat them in childhood.”An exploration of the lasting impact of childhood in Jane Eyre and Great Expectations. Throughout the two texts‚ Jane Eyre and Great Expectations‚ the way children are brought up has moulded the child’s personality and behaviour‚ whether they become destructive or not . I shall be evaluating Jane’s early childhood as described by Charlotte Bronte‚ considering her treatment from Mrs Reed and Mr Brocklehurst‚ and the lasting impact
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The poem In Mrs. Tilscher’s Class’ written by Carol Ann Duffy‚ is written in free verses and includes four stanzas. The poem illustrates the perspective of a carefree‚ innocent and happy young girl going through the first stages of life‚ primary to high school. The poem examines the rites of passage and the change that is taken place between childhood and adolescence. This essay will outline the areas in which Duffy uses different literary terms to define the theme of growing up. The first two
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How do the Poets James Fenton and Carol Ann Duffy Present the Pain of Love in their Poems ‘In Paris with You’ and ‘Quickdraw’? James Fenton and Carol Ann Duffy are both contemporary poets. Their poems ‘In Paris with You’ and ‘Quickdraw’ both include the themes of the pain of love. This essay compares how the two poets present the pain of love in their poems‚ exploring things such as imagery‚ vocabulary and form and structure. One way in which the poets present their ideas about the pain of love
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Response to War Photographer War Photographer is a poem by Carol Ann Duffy‚ published in a book called Standing Female Nude in 1985. The purpose is to shock people out of their complacency of war. Duffy has a view the war is filled with pain and that people in peaceful society can’t really understand the full impact of war. The audience is whoever is interested in poetry. These days the audience for poetry is limited. Duffy is friends with two noted war photographers‚ and they inspired her to write
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Empathy Journals I - XXXIX I. I can relate to Pip because‚ he just had a man yell at him (the convict) threatening his life‚ saying he has to have this stuff to him by morning. I may have never had my life threatened but‚ I can still understand. When on of my parents yells it feels like my life is being threatened. I can also relate because‚ his sister ( Mrs. Joe) Isn’t very nice. She wants the everybody to feel pitty for her because she has to raise her brother. My older sister is just like that
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Dickens writes about the life of a young boy named Pip. As he grows up and becomes a man‚ he meets many different people and goes to countless places. During his lifetime‚ he goes to the misty marshes‚ the forge where he was raised‚ the house of Miss Havisham‚ and so on. All of these places convey a different feel that helps the reader understand why the characters act in different ways at different locations. Charles Dickens utilizes the setting in his novel in order to explain the mood of the
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in Dublin during the time. Two stories that seem to express these ideas are “A Painful Case” and “Clay.” “A Painful Case” tells the story of a lonesome‚ middle-aged man‚ Mr. Duffy. When it comes to describing Mr. Duffy’s life Joyce is anything but ambiguous‚ for there is not much to be ambiguous about. Mr. Duffy is very simple. His apartment is relatively plain. He eats at the same eating-house everyday at four o’clock. He doesn’t have friends‚ nor does he have family. He “abhorred anything
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Positive Change Change is a process that can be seen differently by many people- some loving it‚ and others loathing. More often than not‚ change is a good thing for people to experience‚ for it can possibly make them better people. Many characters in Great Expectations have to experience and deal with change as well‚ such as Pip. Independence is a change most people have to experience in their lives‚ and helps shape them into more mature‚ better people. Pip has to be independent for the majority
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