With close reference to The Devil’s Wife‚ explore how Duffy presents power and compare this with her presentation of power in other poems In “Dirt”‚ Duffy tells the tale of Myra Hindley who‚ in conjunction with Ian Brady murdered six young children. Written as a dramatic monologue‚ Duffy is able to evoke a sense of empathy in her reader‚ thus enabling them to form a better understanding of the speaker’s situation‚ making the poem all the more effective. The majority of the poems in this collection
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continues today to make films inspired from this popular tale. In this essay‚ the tale of Cinderella will be compared to the movie‚ Ever After. This comparison essay will show two common aspects: the male superiority to women and the importance of feminine beauty. First of all‚ in both films the male is superior to women. In Cinderella‚ the Prince is the hero who is wealthy and future king. He is the alias who only wants to find a woman to become his wife. Cinderella is the poor weak and passive girl
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Wife’ is a collection of poems written by Carol Ann Duffy in which the writer takes on the persona of a range of characters; these being real‚ fictional‚ mythical and biblical. The wives in the collection may be of long suffering‚ but they are not victims. Duffy tackles controversial issues and her women are by no means victorious‚ but she shows the women as they are; not the stereotypical feministic view but angry‚ sardonic‚ impatient women. Duffy seeks to highlight the ways in which women were best
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Gospel meets culture and suddenly a plethora of issues are ejaculated into the stream of debate and conflict‚ in the excitement of the on-going mission of God and the perpetuation of his Kingdom. What arouses such fervour? God ’s mission is the ultimate transmitter of love but what are the implications of Gospel and Culture‚ which lie within? This essay will closely examine and evaluate issues risen as a result of the confrontation of Gospel and culture. The relationship between Gospel and culture
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critically-acclaimed novel‚ The Great Gatsby. Frances Kerr ’s critical analysis also gives additional insight into the slight paranoia of Jay Gatsby about being viewed as feminine. According to Frances Kerr ’s critical analysis‚ Fitzgerald told his secretary Laura Guthrie‚ "I don ’t know what it is in me or that comes to me when I start to write. I am half feminine‚ at least my mind is." Using this‚ Frances Kerr explains how F. Scott Fitzgerald ’s femininity may have led to the feminization of his characters in the
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lines of poetry by Carol Ann Duffy and discuss how far these lines reflect her view on love as presented in “The Worlds Wife” “Thetis” by Carol Ann Duffy explores feminist views of the writer which is demonstrated through the pursuit to find love and the power struggle for female independence. Thetis is one of Duffy’s poems in the cluster “The Worlds Wife”‚ which has not been defined by a prefix of “Mrs” unlike the poems “Mrs Lazarus”‚ “Mrs Midas” and “Mrs Aesop”. Duffy empowers women by giving them
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Compare your Responses to ‘Kid’ by Simon Armitage with you Responses to one poem Carol Ann Duffy and tow from the pre-1914 Poetry Bank Poets use features of form‚ structure and language to force the reader to respond in different ways to different poems. Different methods of language are used by poets to produce different feelings about a speaker or generate descriptions of certain people. ‘Kid’ by Simon Armitage is a poem focusing on the partnership of Batman and Robin. It is a monologue from
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Compare how women are presented in 4 of the poems you have studied. To do this compare “Mother...” by Simon Armitage and 3 other poems‚ one by Duffy and two from the pre 1914 bank. All 4 poems ( Mother‚ Anne Hathaway‚ Sonnet 130 and song of the old mother) are all linked to each other all by using different techniques of language to present women and to create some story in there poem. Mother (written by Simon Armitage)‚ the woman (the mother) in the poem is presented in a form of imagery. Armitage
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“Before You Were Mine” by Carol Ann Duffy and “Mother Any Distance” by Simon Armitage focus on the role of being a mother and having to give up something. In “Before You Were Mine” its Carol Ann Duffy’s mother letting go and giving up her carefree lifestyle‚ to take up the important role of a mother. Whereas in “Mother Any Distance” its Simon Armitage’s mother realising she has to let her son grow up and leave her grasps. The poem “Before You Were Mine” by Carol Ann Duffy‚ focuses on the fact that 10
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ENGLISH COURSEWORK - WAR POEMS The first poem is a pre-1900 poem written by Walt Whitman. It is called "Come Up From The Fields Father". This poem tells the story of how a family hear the news that their son has been wounded in battle. Firstly it describes his sister receiving the letter and calling for her father and mother. The poet then goes on to describe the settings of the farm and the background to it. "Where apples ripe in the orchards hang and grapes on the trellis’d vines." "The sky
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