Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy The poem Medusa explores the theme of jealousy and anger; the poet illustrates this using the extended metaphor of a Greek mythological creature Medusa‚ whose story describes her as a beautiful maiden that is turned into a hideous creature after being raped by Poseidon. The poet furthermore links this metaphor to the theme of feminism when she describes the women in the poem overpowering the man that hurt her. The language in this poem is quite harsh‚ emphasising the
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inserting the idea of the muse here which seemed to be harder than not‚without taking precautions. The quote at hand was originally an poem written by the rebound Oscar Wilde where he replaced “love” with “art”. The author states you can play around and exchange word for other words for “what happens when you spin like a firewall and a story happens.” which isn’t surprising from this particular author‚ tat the start of the essay was when the remark was made‚ “How To Keep And Feed A Muse” is interesting to
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and one other poem from your collection? (Medusa) To start with‚ both poems explore the conflicts in a love relationship between women and men. They are both written from a women’s perspective and display a conflict over the levels of power in relationships. In Les Grands Seigneurs‚ we are invited to speculate on the musings of the narrator as she looks back to the past: a time when men were her ‘castellated towers’ and she controlled them. In Medusa‚ the feelings of ‘a suspicion‚ a doubt‚ a
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Compare the central characters in ‘Medusa’ and ‘My Last Duchess’ Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Medusa’ and Robert Browning’s ‘My Last Duchess’ are two entirely different poems in many respects. Written in entirely different eras‚ some would say that they are as opposite as poetry could be. However‚ their central characters have some remarkable similarities that strike a chord with the reader and represent a common theme. In each of the poems‚ both Medusa and the Duke of Ferrara represent the fickleness
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It is undeniable that mistakes are a bsic fundamental of life. Whether or not that is a good or bad thing‚ is much harder to determine. In a passage from The Medusa and the Snail‚ biologist Lewis Thomas discusses mistakes and how they affect our life. In the second paragraph‚ Thomas claims that we‚ as humans‚ learn by "trial and error". Although at first though this is seemingly true‚ but when it comes down to it‚ just how accurate is this saying? Some people make a mistake‚ learn from it‚ and
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Historically‚ women have been omitted. By the free verse poem‚ Duffy gives the mythological character Medusa a voice‚ and thereby another chance to speak up. She also challenges the stereotypes of women‚ this character faced. In the poem‚ Duffy explores the position of women‚ and Medusa’s point of view of the story. The word choice in the poem brings the voice of the character out. Because the poem is a dramatic monologue‚ personal pronouns and the repetition of the words “I” and “my”
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Art History 153 Compare and Contrast Raft of the Medusa vs. Le Dejeuner sur L’Herbe In “The Raft of the Medusa” by Theodore Gericault there was use of the Baroque treatment of light in this painting. There is a physically powerful contrast between the spread-out group of survivors to the movement of the raft itself. There is a sharp contrast of light and dark colors of dynamic poses. There is a black man at the top of the survivors that is waving a rag or piece of cloth
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5 More Brilliant Film-Makers and their Brilliant Muses Recently we had a look at 5 Brilliant Film-Makers and their Brilliant Muses‚ which spotlit the magical pairings of Michelangelo Antonioni and Monica Vitti‚ Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina‚ Quentin Tarantino & Uma Thurman‚ Pedro Almodóvar and Penelope Cruz as well as Tim Burton & Johnny Depp. Here we explore five more film-makers and their muses. Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich An Austrian-American film-maker‚ Sternberg is best remembered
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John Agard’s ‘Checking out me history’ is written in dialectical non-standard English‚ where he has tried to input the natural sounds and phrases of a Caribbean dialect. This is important because one of the major themes of the poem is that of his personal identity; this use of language really highlights his different background and puts emphasis on his differences. His use of repetition‚ especially of the phrase “dem tell me” gives a sense of repetition and exaggerates the amount of things he was
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Shunned and shut out because of her pride‚ Medusa ’s tale can assuredly be compared to the captain of the Titanic‚ Edward John Smith. Medusa was a very beautiful mortal‚ who had many suitors‚ although‚ she was very prideful about her appearance. Later on‚ Medusa got turned into a hideous monster by Athena‚ the goddess of wisdom and war. Her story ended in a great deal of tragedy and she was full of regret. The story of Medusa can be compared to the captain of the Titanic‚ Edward John Smith for many
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