Both poets use both color as well as natural imagery in order to depict the emotions of these women throughout the length of the poems. In Plath’s ‘Spinster’, the protagonist in the poem realizes that she does not desire to share her life with this man because it may result in her losing control over her own life, Duffy’s ‘Havisham’ is a reimagining of Dickens’ infamous spinster, and ‘Mrs. Midas’ is a poem written from the viewpoint of the wife of the mythological King Midas, who had a wish granted which caused everything he touched to turn to gold. The use of color within the poems “Spinster” and “Havisham” are portrayal of the feeling of the speaker at the given moment in the poem The use of color within the poems “Spinster” and “Havisham” are a portrayal of the feeling of the speaker at the given moment in the poem. It can be noted that brighter, vibrant colors, appear at the beginning at the poem, and begin to deteriorate into bleaker, darker colors as the poem progresses, along with the speaking voices emotions.
In this amazing poem- The Lady of Shalott is a helpless lady, who is trapped in a tower on the silent Island of Shalott. She is under an unfortunate curse which forbids her to look out of the window towards the beautiful Camelot. The only knowledge she gains is from the reflection of the passing world through a mirror. One day as she entertains herself, weaving a tapestry of excitement that awaits her outside the cold metal bars of the window, she caught a sight a handsome knight passing by. His good looks forced her to say “I’m sick of shadows” and break the curse by leaving the tower, which results to her tearful death.
The girl-poets wonder, to themselves of course, why the Marilyn Monroe would be browsing through used books, when she could be walking through the Waldorf-Astoria (80). By showing that even a dressed-down Marilyn Monroe seems out of place, Oates gives more of a feeling to the homeliness of the Strand. There is almost a tension between Marilyn Monroe and the Strand, because they are essentially portrayed as polar opposites. Oates does this to dramatize the girl-poets relationship, because their true relationship is reveled to the reader at the end of the story. This building tension between the setting and Marilyn Monroe sets the reader up for the surprise ending.
Right below the poem is the history of Natasha Trethewey, and she was a girl that was just light enough to pass for white. It’s actually really sad the way she describes lying about her skin color. She writes, “I could even keep quiet, quiet as kept, like the time a white girl said (squeezing my hand), Now we have three of us in this class.” It’s sad because she’s not lying to act cool. When she writes “squeezing my hand,” I get a sense that she only lied because she liked the way the girl was acting like her friend. The first stanza does a really good job in describing that she is really light skinned for an African American.
I have the bad dreams. I see people standing by my bed and I can hear people trying to come in and get me” (106) * “When an anorexic looks in the mirror, her own form looks large, rounded and curved… Others see her as thin-skeletal” (118) * “My head hair was dropping out in clumps on to my hairbrush” (119) * “The aim of everything is always to get back in control, to achieve and to be better” (122) * “Perception of beauty and happiness is not one from the inside, it is not inherent, but it is made up by our changing environment” (127) * “Do you see how you have made them pale and shaky?” (140) * “I want to prove to everyone wrong. I want to prove I’m right and get to Cambridge, and be on my own… I will increase my daily intake by 100 calories in week one, and then next week I will put it by another 100 and so on” (146) * “After weight is put on, things go inside, well away from public view” (166) * “It gives her a thumping head that night thinking about all the thousands of calories she has eaten just to fit in” (171) * “Grace decides to hide in her room. She decides that she will not be the sociable, drunken, college person that she though she should be, because that route has not been successful”
The mirror reflected the woman’s face as she applied her mask. Foundation, powder, eye shadow, liner, mascara, blush, and lipstick are all applied as she satisfies her need to appear beautiful. In Susan Sontag’s passage, Women’s Beauty: Put Down or Power Source?, she explains the definition of beauty and the plight of contemporary women with respect to beauty. Women are overly concerned with superficial appearances and they do not express who and what they really are. Although beauty was once considered a virtue and can be considered a form of power, it is really a form of oppression that leaves women objectified and constantly working to be attractive.
English Literature Mr. A November 1, 2010 Explication The red blossom bends And drips it’s dew to the ground Like a tear it falls The English Canon by Adrienne Su holds a serious tone expressing anger and frustration. The title of the poem doesn’t express symbolism for what the poem is going to be about. The first sentence starts off expressing of the narrators anger growing for the fact that women speakers were left out. The poem shows the pain the narrator went through and the struggles the young woman had. It further expresses the limits that were paced on the women further growth of the pain.
Sentences ans sections of poems are repeated which gives the impression of Hinley slowly losing her mind throughout the poem. Duffy uses language very effectively, in parts of the poem almost creating a sense of sympathy for Hinley at the same time as making her seem evil. When reading the poem Duffy’s opinion of Hinley is hard to understand. She seems to sympathies with Hinley in some areas of the poem however in other areas the poem emphasises how evil Hinley is. During the first stanza Duffy creates the impression that anyone could become a murderer and this creates the impression that she seems interested in Hinley especially since it is stereotypically men who commit crimes like the Moors Murders .
Upon announcing her new found idealistic Skeeter realizes that these maids are treated very differently from how white people are being treated in the town; and decides she would like to do something about it. Skeeter knowing just how to do so, reveals the truth to the world in a book from the perspectives of the maids' around her. The book is written in perspective of Aibileen, Minny and Skeeter. Skeeter struggles to gain the trust of the maids and has troubles getting them to communicate with her. The daily lives of the mistreated and hardworking are explored, and told through the eyes of many.
We haven’t done anything wrong, but then again I feel I have and maybe Biff and Happy could have done more to stop you from becoming so stressed. (Linda starts to sob quietly and then she places her hands in her lap. Linda sits on the kitchen chair for a moment and seems to look angry and uneasy. She walks towards the front door, looks out of the small window in the door and then walks back to the chair, where she sits down and starts to reminisce about certain actions in the past.) If only I had seen this coming, maybe I could have helped you.