Maude Clare Maude Clare is ballad written by Christina Rossetti‚ it’s composed of 12 quatrains and 12 stanzas each with alternating iambic tetrameter‚ the rhyme scheme‚ ABCB‚ differs from that of a traditional ballads which are usually ABAB‚ the writer does this deliberately to show the reader through structure the disruption Maude Clare causes at the wedding‚ it also foreshadows how the traditional wedding will change. In addition to this the more spontaneous ABCB rhyme scheme to provide some relief
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Nell is modest‚ but loves Thomas. Maude Clare‚ the spurned mistress is bitter‚ forceful; “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned”. Like ’A Triad’‚ Maud Clare is a woman ’eaten up’ by a love that has died‚ jealous‚ angry‚ bitter and out of control. Is she a victim of his rejection? Or her own passion? Either way
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Critical Appreciation- Christina Rossetti ‘Maude Clare’ Maude Clare is a poem with simple language‚ yet many complex interpretations; and mysterious narrators. The language suggests the time period in which the poem was written‚ and the traditional ballad structure connotes the Victorian era of poetry‚ as well as the tragic theme of love implying the pre Raphaelite age. The poem could be interpreted in the literal sense; an ex-lover showing up on her once- partners wedding day: “Out of the church
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1 Please write a description of the mise-en-scene and musical sore from the opening scene. Note: you will want to write notes on this as you watch for the first time. Why do you think the director‚ Hal Ashby‚ made these choices? Defend your answer. The mise-en-scene of the opening scene is a boy dressed in brown tones with neutral and similar tones around the boy. The song is actually the opposite though because it is saying words like keep your head up high and the song has a “bouncy” beat to it
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poem Maude Clare rather than women it seems to be the man that is repressed to some extent as Maude Clare and Nell are both defiant as they both seem to have strong opinions that are voiced clearly whereas Thomas remains in silence and is not successful in declining his mother ’s wishes. Maude Clare shows defiance towards the wedding of Thomas and Nell in the ninth stanza where she presumably says ’I wash my hands thereof ’ in a tone of anger. However‚ I think this could also be Maude Clare pretending
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Sister Maude Christina Rossetti begins her poem “Sister Maude” with two similar questions‚ asking who told her parents about her ’shame’. We do not know at this point what the narrator’s shame is‚ but it gradually becomes clear that she was having an affair with a handsome man. In Victorian times when Rossetti was writing‚ this would certainly have been considered shameful. The narrator answers the questions in the first quatrain‚ naming her sister Maude as the person who told her parents what was
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‘Sister Maude’ by Christina Rossetti Learning objectives: AO1: respond to texts critically and imaginatively‚ select and evaluate textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations. AO2: explain how language‚ structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas‚ themes and settings. Pre-reading Activity P A I R Let’s focus on the word ‘sister’. Think of any fairy tales‚ films‚ books‚ celebrities‚ sports women‚ pop groups‚ songs or television programmes where there
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Sister Maude In this essay I am going to write about called sister maude. Sister maude is about two sisters who don’t really get along very well‚ also this poet is ambigious becase the poem is unclear the reader does not now how the my dear died or the parents and the my shame‚ also this poem is written in (1830 - 1894) by christina Rossetti. The propse of the poem is to describe how jelousy sisters cuased a death of another. Christina Rossetti uses a range of techniques to show the feelings of
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St. Clare St. Clare was born on July 16‚ 1194 and died on August 11‚ 1253. She was the daughter of a count and countess. She heard St. Francis preach in the streets of Assisi and told him of her desire to give herself to God. They grew to be close friends. On Palm Sunday in the year 1212 the bishop of Assisi presented a palm to this noble maid of eighteen who was beautifully garbed. That same night she left her castle with one acquaintance and went to the church of Our Lady of the Angels‚ where
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In the movie Harold and Maude there are many topics that may be seen as deviant or taboo. Although the movie came out in the 1970’s‚ the themes of deviance that are portrayed are very relevant in today’s society‚ and even to the topics of our own class. There were many abnormal topics in the movie‚ but the ones that stood out to me most were the issues of love and parenting. Both of these themes are depicted in the movie in terms of deviance. One of the major subjects in the movie is love and relationships
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