BOOK REVIEW OF MIRROR MIRROR IDENTITY‚ RACE AND PROTEST IN JAMAICA by Rex Nettleford Taneisha Malcolm April 1‚ 2013 TABLE OF CONTENT Title Page ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- page3 Introduction --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- page 4 Summary of Content ---------------------------------------------------------------------- page 6 Conclusion ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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father is not entirely integrated into the poem. It opens with a reference to father’s black shoe‚ in which the daughter ’lived like a foot’‚ suggesting her submissiveness and entrapment the poem then moves on to an idealized image of the father. Plath herself describes said: “The poem is spoken by a girl with an Electra Complex. Her father died when she thought he was God. Her case is complicated by the fact that her father was also a Nazi and her mother very possibly part Jewish. In the daughter
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Sylvia Plath 1-Poppies in October The poem is a remarkable play of life and death‚ said and unsaid‚ hope and hopelessness. The poem is about an unusual time and its impact on the poetess‚ wherein she tells her agony and pain through the metaphor of nature. The poem brings before us a personal touch of the poetess’ life. October is the beginning of winter when flowers withered away and trees are leafless. It is the coming up of a long and cold winter and is not a season of blooming and blossoming
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‘Plath’s poems seethe with anger‚ hope‚ desire and disappointment. Her poems reveal a perspective and a language use that are utterly unique’. Sylvia Plath poetry is unique because of her use of language and the perspective and themes she explores‚ creating powerful images and original metaphorical ideas to evoke a strong climax of feelings which express the struggles she experienced in her own personal life. Her poems ‘Lady Lazarus’ and ‘Daddy’ are confessional poems that use contemporary form
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how insignificant the crime. Michael L. Lasser takes a similar approach‚ arguing that Pearl is a mirror image of Hesters guilt—a constant reminder of her mistake. Lassers argument has merit because Hawthorne not only uses mirror imagery in relation to Hesters guilt‚ but also in regards the emotions of all characters. In Mirror Imagery in The Scarlet Letter‚ Michael Lasser argues that Hawthorne uses mirror imagery to reveal a characters innermost secrets and ulterior motives. The child Pearl is described
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our present‚ colonialism as well as the struggle for independence and in latter years definition as to who we are as a people‚ we have chronicled our adaptation‚ explained our resilience and tenacity as a nation. Professor Nettleford’s book “Mirror Mirror “is an invaluable source of reference which seeks to explain some cultural modalities. Professor Nettleford explores some of the prevalent issues such as that of identity ‚ Race and Protest in Jamaica and gives a current perspective on such issues
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Sylvia Plath was born in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ on October 27‚ 1932. Sylvia Plath met and married British poet Ted Hughes‚ even though the two later split. Plath published her first poem at the age of eight and she committed her first attempt to suicide at age ten. However‚ beneath the surface of her seeming perfect there were some grave depressions‚ some which probably were caused by the death of her father‚ when she was eight. In the poem Daddy by Sylvia Plath Sylvia began to explain her father’s
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demonstrate this through my texts of; Little Fugue‚ and Morning Song both poems written by Sylvia Plath; the movie‚ Love Actually; and the book‚ Trickster’s Choice by Tamora Pierce. Little Fugue by Sylvia Plath is my first example of how we all perceive our different relationships. This poem is about Plath talking of her father and herself and the lack of communication between the two. Throughout the poem‚ Plath contradicts herself‚ saying‚ ‘I was seven‚ I knew nothing’ yet she constantly talks of the
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Plath notes: Why does Sylvia Plath’s poetry have textual integrity (i.e. unity)? * Context – Plath’s and yours * Informed PERSONAL understanding IDEAS * CONSTRUCTION * LANGUAGE FEATURES * SIGNIFICANCE Context: 1. Plath wrote in the early 1960’s 2. Plath suffered from depression and Bi-Polar‚ pervious to her main period of writing‚ she had on one occasion attempted suicide. 3. Plath loves and cares for her children‚ maternal instincts and influence. 4. Plath
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Background Information Sylvia Plath lived from October 27‚ 1932 – February 11‚ 1963. She was an American poet‚ novelist and short story writer. Born in Boston‚ Massachusetts. Plath suffered from depression for much of her adult life‚ and in 1963 she committed suicide. The poem‚ "Mad Girl’s Love Song"‚ was written by Sylvia Plath. This poem has a theme of suicide as an escape. The author‚ Sylvia Plath‚ is writing this song from her own personal view. There are many places where the theme of suicide
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