Writing About Poetry Stealing Introduction • Poem’s title in inverted commas: ‘Stealing’ • Poet’s name: Carol Ann Duffy • Respond to wording of the task • Briefly (two or three lines) explain what happens in the poem • Display an understanding of the poem • Mention the techniques used by Duffy‚ which you will be discussing Narcissistic‚ violent‚ uncaring; the narrator of Carol Ann Duffy’s dramatic monologue ‘Stealing’ is most certainly an unpleasant character. The narrator‚ apparently in
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Duffy’s poetry in Feminine Gospels presents women as partly responsible for their own problems Carol Ann Duffy seems to ask political/feminist questions in the following poems and believes women to be partly responsible for mass production‚ industrialisation and technology. The women in Duffy’s poems are seen as obsessive (The Diet‚ Work) and not in control (the woman who shopped). All three poems seem to combine aspects of femininity into one character such as gluttony‚ self-harm/losing oneself
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the text-as into the world and into history-by her own movement.” (Cixous) So says Helene Cixous in her seminal essay “The Laugh of the Medusa.” This is‚ essentially‚ the basis of Helene Cixous’s notion of “Écriture Féminine.” The basis behind this notion of Écriture Féminine stems from the fact that‚ at the particular point in time in which Helene Cixous was composing this text (and‚ to an extent‚ this holds true in present times) the field of authorship was‚ predominantly‚ dominated by‚
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Écriture féminine‚ literally "women’s writing‚"[1] more closely‚ the writing of the female body and female disparity in language and text‚[2] is a strain of feminist literary theory that originated in France in the early 1970s and included foundational theorists such as Hélène Cixous‚ Monique Wittig‚ Luce Irigaray‚[3] Chantal Chawaf‚[4][5] and Julia Kristeva‚[6][7] and also other writers like psychoanalytical theorist Bracha Ettinger‚[8][9] who joined this field in the early 1990s.[10] Generally
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The Feminine Mystique‚ a novel written in 1963 by Betty Friedan‚ provided a strong wake up call for women in America about a problem that was negatively impacting them‚ but not spoken of. After women fought so hard in the 1930’s for the right to vote and equality with men in many areas‚ the author describes how changes in attitude after World War II were convincing women that their most important role is to get married‚ have kids and take care of the home. However‚ these women then felt an emptiness
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Essay The Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy The poem is written in the first person. Duffy gives her lover an onion in which represents St Valentines Day. The onion is a gift rather than a card or a rose‚ Duffy uses this unusual gift but in fact it’s a statement of love. The onion a (metaphor) is a strong ugly vegetable‚ not only does it show love but can show the inner beauty with in the onion itself. There are good points and bad points in love however there are consequences of what love can
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said the feminine gospels is witty‚ uncomfortable yet liberating. From a first read of the poems i agree with this statement but to find out to what degree i will now explore. Firstly‚ when reading the poem the diet a sense of uncomfortableness can be felt through the entire poem. In this poem Duffy writes about a woman going to extreme lengths to be thin‚ which to many readers can be an uncomfortable thing to read about. However the feeling of uncomfortableness doesn’t stop there; Duffy uses intense
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provoked a second wave. The catalyst to mainstream feminism in the 1960’s through 1970’s was Betty Friedan’s book‚The Feminine Mystique. Women’s right activist and writer‚ Betty Friedan‚ a leading figure in the Feminist movement. Her book ‚The Feminine Mystique‚ was a major influence in the second wave of Feminism because it voiced what so many women lacked to say; they wanted more. The Feminine Mystique was published in 1963 and over two million copies were sold
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In Feminine Mystique‚ Betty Friedan wrote about women’s inequality from men to women’s equality to men‚ women accepting the inequality to women fighting for equality. Feminine Mystique‚ is trying to encourage the reader to what occurred during the feminist movement. How women’s rights came to a reality‚ how women believed there was only one role to have which is a typical housewife that has a husband to overpower her. Not being able to vote‚ or have any rights as an equal to men. Friedan also
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unemployed moms. Society began to follow the sexist “templates” displayed on TV‚ newspapers‚ and ads. A few women however‚ one being Betty Friedan‚ did not back down. Betty was angry at the media‚ and expressed her anger and confusion in her book‚ The Feminine Mystique. Thankfully‚ women rose to the occasion‚ followed in Betty’s footsteps and fought for equality. Because of this fight‚ women in the 21st century have the same opportunities as men. The media however‚ remains partly tainted by the ideologies
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