‘Little Red-Cap’ is representative of the body of Carol Ann Duffy’s collection ‘The World’s Wife’? Duffy includes a range of themes‚ which are portrayed in an idiosyncratic way within the collection ‘The World’s Wife’. Most prominently ‘Little Red-Cap’ focuses on the issues of female dominance whilst contrasting it with female exploitation. Alongside‚ qualities of ambition and independence Duffy can represent her female characters as significant and therefore hinder men’s reputation in the current
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Shooting Star – Carol Ann Duffy The poem ’Shooting Stars’ by Carol Ann Duffy tells a shocking story of a female prisoner held by Nazis in a concentration camp around the time of the Holocaust. The poem is set in 1940‚ Hitler and his Nazi party had taken control of most of Europe and had vowed to exterminate the entire Jewish race. Duffy’s haunting use of imagery and word choice make this poem so memorable and its very strong opening prepares the reader for the rest of the poem. The
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‘Education for leisure’ was written in the 1980s by carol Anne Duffy during the time when Margaret Thatcher was the prime minister of Great Britain. The aims that were pursued by her government were to encourage an individual pursuit of wealth‚ very much a capitalist aim. The country’s economics were not in a great state during this time. Especially the more underprivileged parts of the country did not fare well under her government. The schools faced severe cuts to their budgets which was mainly
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have you found between the ways Duffy and Pugh write about suffering? Suffering is the state of undergoing pain‚ distress‚ or hardship. Suffering is shown in “Standing Female Nude” and “Girl Talking” by Carol Ann Duffy‚ and “The Capon Clerk” and “Eva and the Roofers” by Sheenagh Pugh. The authors give their poems depth by using different types of suffering in different ways. Duffy and Pugh both create a deep sense of suffering within their characters. However Duffy makes the character a victim of
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by carol Ann Duffy deals with childhood throughout. The theme of the poem is that childhood is a time of fun and learning but also change as we reach adolescence. The poem is about the poets memories of primary as she takes the reader on a journey through being in a classroom to eventually being ready tot go to high school. The readers understanding of childhood is deepened by the use of techniques such as the word choice‚ imagery and structure. At the end of the first stanza‚ Duffy demonstrates
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the ever-increasing size of her anger: she is not being satiated by these random acts of destruction. They are merely leading her towards greater‚ more powerful targets until she seems unstoppable” (Geddes 56). The concluding line “Look at me now” (Duffy 41) endorses the power Medusa has which enables her to wreck vengeance on menfolk. Medusa represents women who had undergone an ordeal in a male-dominated society and
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Write a close analysis of ‘Mrs Aesop’ exploring how Duffy conveys her ideas to the reader. ‘The worlds wife’ is a collection of poems by Duffy written by the female halves of well-known men of time in both reality and myth. Duffy has created a literal version of an old saying behind every great man there is an even greater woman. These poems are both shocking and thought provoking as Duffy steps into the shoes of every woman‚ whose partner has affected history or the world in any way and given
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would not have extended insurance if it had known the facts...” (p. 1002). The fact pattern suggested that the Duffys in applying to General Star Indemnity Co. for insurance coverage indicated on the 1994 insurance application that the premises of which the insurance was to cover‚ had sprinkler systems. General Star issued an insurance policy in reliance on this application that the Duffys submitted to them. Additionally during an inspection of the premises by a General Star agent/representative
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relationship of two lovers. In ’Hour’ Duffy uses a metaphor at the start of the poem to allude how love has less power than time. When Duffy announces ’Love’s time’s beggar‚ but even a single hour‚/bright as a dropped coin‚ makes love rich.’ we see a twist of notion‚ like every second is like an hour creating a paradox. Duffy also uses refereces to two fairytales‚ Rumpelstiltskin and King Midas. When Duffy declares ’the Midas light/turning your limbs to gold.’ Duffy portrays a slightly sinister tone
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Discuss the ways in which the poets convey the horrors of war In the two war poems “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen on “War Photographer” by Carol Anna Duffy‚ the writers convey the horrors in different ways. In Dulce Et Decorum Est” Owen writes from the perspective of a tired worn out soldier. In “War Photographer” Duffy writes from the perspective of a man who captured the war. In the poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est” the main mood is dark and depressing. Owen refers to diction that allow
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