them cleverly throughout her poems. ‘Lady Lazarus’ and ‘Daddy’ explore her intimate struggles and how the abandonment and betrayal of masculine figures in her life shaped her views on life and death. Her carefully selected language is crucial in exhibiting her feelings about the oppression of herself as a woman and her demand of dominance over the men around her. The protagonist of ‘Lady Lazarus’ is an allegory of Sylvia Plath herself‚ the suicide attempts in the poem being a reflection of the poet’s
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anymore ’ by Kimninos‚ each reflect the different forces that have shaped and forged the Australian identity into the broad concept it is today. The poem ’Then and Now ’ by Ooderoo of the tirbe Noonuccal provides an indigenous perspective of the Australian identity by highlighting the radical change in lifestyle since the early colonisation
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The poem “Sympathy” by Paul Laurence Dunbar and “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou are quite similar. Both of the poems are focused on this birds will to be free. They use a caged bird as a symbol. They represent a caged bird as a symbol for constraint. In both poems‚ the bird is oppressed and constrained‚ calling out for help. This is represented in Dunbar’s poem‚ “But a prayer that he sends from his heart’s deep core” (19). The bird’s singing is shown as a way for the bird to cope and pray. The authors
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The poem begins with a speaker speaking about witnessing a situation in Chile where a woman‚ her husband and their five years old son arrested and tortured. The speaker pointed out the horror of the family being tortured at the hand of the prison guard. And the most horrible part of this tragedy was that the guard tortured and forced them to witness each other’s torture and yet the guard tortured them as they like. In this poem the poet used imagery to enable the reader understood the agony the
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Movie Response Boys Don’t Cry First I just want to say that if I didn’t have to watch this movie for class‚ then it wouldn’t normally appeal for me to watch it. I didn’t have anything against this movie; I just personally do not like watching movies that have a negative vibe like it did at the end of this movie. I know that this movie was supposed to be based on the true story of Teena Brandon‚ however‚ after watching this movie‚ I looked up the true story and it turned out that the movie was
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“The Red Hat” Rachel Hadas’ poem "The Red Hat" is told from the viewpoint of the parents of a young boy who begins to walk to school by himself. The poem reveals the actions and emotions of the parents who struggle with allowing their son to become more independent. However‚ this poem is not simply a story of a boy starting to walk to school on his own. The underlying theme is about a boy leaving the protection and safety of his parents to enter the world by himself. In the middle of the first stanza
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Throughout this semester I’ve read a lot of poems and short stories. Some were very graphic in a sense that while reading them I felt like I was within the poem or short stories and some even helped me to understand different point of views including my own life. For example‚ “Suicide Note” written by Janice Mirikitani helped me to understand more of another’s personal life and what they’re going through. As for my own life‚ “Dusting” written by Julia Alvarez helped me to better understand what I’m
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The poem is told from the point of view of a wise mother talking to her son about how to get through the hard times in life. This woman compares life to a set of stairs. The first few lines of the poem states‚ “Well‚ son‚ I’ll tell you: Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.” The purpose of these lines is to let people know that life will never be as easy as it is made out to be. Sometimes you need to have thicker skin to get through the worst times in life. One line in the poem states‚ “Don’t
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In the poems‚ "Identity" by Julio Noboa and "the lesson of the moth" by Don Marquis‚ the authors have different and similar approaches to the development of the universal theme‚ beauty. In the poem "the lesson of the moth"‚ the theme is "live life the way it brings out your inner beauty." The author stated that "we get bored with the routine and crave beauty and excitement fire is beautiful" In other words‚ everyone should bring out their true passion‚ which develops the theme of the poem. The author
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Introduction We have all read children’s books however sometimes we over look the complexity of it. Good morning everyone the book I am doing for my book review is grandpa’. The book is written by John Burningham‚ who has also written many other children books such as France‚ Where’s Julius and Mr gumpy’s Outing. John uses simple pictures and words to bring out the story. Based on this the targeted audiences are kids between the age of 4-9 but it can also appeal to adults with its complex themes
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