Simon Armitage writes many poems about the topic of violence. Two of such poems dealing with the issue of violence are ‘hitcher’ and ‘gooseberry season.’ The poem ‘hitcher’ gives us a hint that the poem may be about a hitch-hiker. The title is suitable for the poem because its called ‘hitcher’ who is short for a hitcher-hiker‚ which is presented in the poem‚ also in the poem another male is also in the poem. The speaker of the poem is the male inside of the car‚ this is obvious because throughout
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In the first stanza of ‘Hitcher’ shows the reader that the narrator is seeking a more relaxed lifestyle‚ and is unable to deal with the arduous tasks of everyday life. He states that he had been ’tired‚ under/the weather’‚ but not especially ill‚ and therefore should not be taking time off work. He ignores all calls from work‚ and says that the answerphone ’screaming’ that he will be fired if he continues to behave unprofessionally. He himself hitches a lift to the place where he has a hired car
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theme was deepened by the poet’s treatment?” Stealing is one of the many Carol Ann Duffy poems in which the themes of isolation and loneliness are explored. The poem is about a person who has nothing to live for‚ because of this they have fallen into a life of stealing items that are worthless and have no sentimental meaning to them‚ the thief steals simply because they and get a thrill out of doing so (this particular poem is about the stealing of a snowman). The character finds it amusing to
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Interactive Oral Commentary: Stealing My name is Kate Sampson and today I will be analysing Carol Ann Duffy’s poem‚ Stealing. To begin with‚ I will provide some background information to help put the themes in this poem into context. It was published in the 1980’s during Margaret Thatcher’s Prime Ministership‚ it is essentially a political poem in response to a new culture of greed and selfishness that ignored the working-class. There were constant poll tax riots‚ miner’s strikes‚ homelessness
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Stealing Stealing by Carol Ann Duffy was written in the 1980’s after Duffy had seen her neighbours snowman stolen from their front garden. Getting inspired by this‚ she had written this poem reflecting on the problems that occured in that moment‚ hence it was the time in Britain where unemployment was high due to Margaret Thatcher’s (the Prime Minister during the 1980’s) government policies. The poem starts with a rhetorical question‚ "The most unusual thing I ever stole?" This question seems
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Compare how Duffy and Armitage write about violence in ‘Salome’ and ‘Hitcher’ ‘Salome’ and ‘Hitcher’ both use a first person persona and with that‚ give us insight into their feelings and the theme of violence throughout both poems. In ‘Salome’‚ Duffy’s character uses a nonchalant tone with no remorse when depicting her actions‚ which is also present in ‘Hitcher’ too. Salome had ‘done it before’ and will ‘doubtless do it again’ but is oblivious of the repercussions of what she has just stated
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Compare the methods Armitage and Duffy use to convey their ideas about change in the poems you have read so far. Both Carol Ann Duffy and Simon Armitage use a range of methods in their exploration of the theme of change. Duffy ’s poems tend to be more personal although in her poems about change‚ such as ’Pluto ’ and ’The Captain of the 1964 Top of the Form Team ’ she writes in a male voice which then distances her from the speaker. Armitage writes more universal poems‚ few of which
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Cathy Cathy Ames is known as the most evil character in the novel. She lies to everyone and she enjoys to see other people are hurting. In the novel “East of Eden” Steinbeck begins describing her as a monster. He said‚ “I believe there are monsters born in the world to human parents.” She does not care about anyone else‚ she just care about herself and does whatever she wants to do. She even kill her parents. Although Cathy was physically beautiful‚ she was a monster. She has gold
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Writing About Poetry Stealing Introduction • Poem’s title in inverted commas: ‘Stealing’ • Poet’s name: Carol Ann Duffy • Respond to wording of the task • Briefly (two or three lines) explain what happens in the poem • Display an understanding of the poem • Mention the techniques used by Duffy‚ which you will be discussing Narcissistic‚ violent‚ uncaring; the narrator of Carol Ann Duffy’s dramatic monologue ‘Stealing’ is most certainly an unpleasant character. The narrator‚ apparently in
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Comparison of “Hitcher” and “The Laboratory” Despite being written almost two centuries apart both ‘The laboratory’ and but Robert Browning and ‘Hitcher’ but Simon Armitage deal with themes of jealousy‚ resentment and violence as well as many other similarities and differences. ‘Hitcher’ is about a depressed man who is deeply angered and takes his frustration out on an innocent hitch hiker spontaneously. ‘The Laboratory’ is about a woman who‚ driven by jealousy‚ wants to poison her husband’s
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