Although there is a lot of reference to violent and aggressive behaviour it does not make her hesitant, one could even say she was blinded by her love for him. To his coy mistress is a metaphorical poem, where the speaker addresses a woman who has been slow to respond to his sexual requests. In the first stanza he discusses how he would love constantly for an unlimited amount, if only time was not running out. If he could he would give her everything and anything till death. He quickly begins to mention how short life is even referencing her ‘preserved virginity’ being taken when she’s dead as ‘worms shall try.’ He finishes by focusing on the present and telling her to make the most of the time that they have now, which hints at the use of sexual innuendo.
Inman reads a passage from Bartram’s Travels, and gets embarrassed when the passage turns out to include sex. They start to talk of the past, to catch up on what happened when they weren’t together. Inman brings up marriage to be something not so possible now that he has been damaged so much, emotionally and spiritually. But Ada, from her experience of herbs and nature, concludes: “I know people can be mended…. I don’t see why not you.” (420) While they continue talking, their conversation of past and future is interrupted by Ruby who says Stobrod’s fever is down right now but still keeps rising and falling.
Sex without love by Sharon olds This poem Sex without love by Sharon olds describes the feelings of dislike by the author towards people who have sex without having a personal attachment. The author starts off by asking ‘how do they do it? The ones who make love without love? Readers experience at first this question which opens the audience to think on something that for some people is not a issue at all , the author separates herself and labels those people as” they, giving the reader the understanding that she doesn’t believe in sex without love. The second lines “Beautiful as dancers,/gliding over each other like ice-skaters/over the ice,” show through her choice of words how she does not see sex without love as something unclean, but rather as a show between two people, each performing for the other.
"In the words of the Wife of Bath, God has given women three talents- deceit, weeping, and spinning" (Power 118). The institution of marriage is revealed to have little to do with love, but a lot to do with getting what you want or sexual gratification. She showed us a rare glimpse of a woman with a position of authority in medieval society. She used sex to get what she wanted from her husbands, making her well practiced in the art of sexual manipulation. She presents herself as someone who craves sex, sees marriage as a way to experience the finer things in life and loves to be an instigator.
Curley’s wife is portrayed as being a whore – but this is only due to the way she dresses, her provocative ways and the way she acts around men, as if she is aware of her femininity. This could suggest that she is only like this because she is bored, like it is something to do – something interesting for a change. She is constantly trying to get people to notice her. But, because of Lennie’s purity and innocence, he doesn’t see her in the way other men do – a sexual object. When Steinbeck quotes “And because she had confided in him, she moved closer to Lennie and sat beside him”, it is clear to the audience that Curley’s Wife is using her sexuality as an object to create some sort of excitement for herself.
“Honor, purity and innocence.” Why is a woman considered honorable, pure and innocent if she is sexually inexperienced? Virginity in America is most commonly referred to during adolescent, every boy is dying to have sex, and many girls are too, but are repeatedly warned of the same sexual curiosity. Virginity is spoken of like it is inherently valuable for a girl to have it, and to lose it to someone that really matters to them. The difference is, a woman’s value in part largely depends on how “good” or “pure” she is while a man’s is
Machado way of expressing his ironical approach to writing gives the women characters a dilemma attitude especially when he infers that the best way to define love in the world is not worth one kiss from the girl you love(pg 60). Allende on the other hand foreshadows much of the sensuality of the stories in the Prologue, as the Carle and Luna rest after love making, and in the painting that is their images, their skin gleaming moistly and lying in intimate complicity. Onetti portrays love and women as geared by unreasoned sexual desires and so women presents a distorted image of men, but Allende depicts women as the main cause of suffering irresponsible men inflict left to rear the children in
She chose to put this particular poem right in the centre of the collection because it is the most taboo poem and shows just how much men can influence women in relationships or even just for sex. A good example of this is ‘I went mad for the sex’ from ‘The Devils Wife’ shows she is with him for the sex and she’d do anything to keep getting it. The poems in the first half of the collection the women always escape from the betrayal of men take control. ‘Delilah’ and ‘Mrs Quasimodo’ are good examples of this as in ‘Delilah’ she cuts off his hair, ‘Then with deliberate, passionate hands, I cut every lock of his hair’ shows she took control of the situation and did it as a duty because his hair is what makes him strong, and without it he has nothing. Also ‘I fastened a chain to the door’ is ironic as she is trying to escape from being controlled by him yet she is ‘chaining’ herself inside the door so she cannot escape.
The Works of Audre Lorde from a Homosexual Viewpoint “But I who am bound by my mirror As well as my bed See causes in colour As well as sex Sit here wondering Which me will survive All these liberations.” - Audre Lorde, “Who Said It Was Simple”. Audre Lorde, as she herself proclaimed, had diverse identities: “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet”. In this short paper, we seek to examine her lesbian identity with respect to her poems. At other times, I would have felt hesitant to use the phrase “a lesbian poet” for only one reason: its sheer stupidity. (As Liz Feldman very famously said: “It’s very dear to me, the issue of gay marriage, or as I like to call it: ‘marriage’.
“Sex Without Love” by Sharon Olds “How do they do it, the ones who make love without love?” (1-2). In Sharon Olds’ poem, “Sex Without Love,” the speaker has a goal for the readers: to understand the subject about having sex without being in love. The speaker uses many poetic elements to achieve her goal. Throughout the poem, the speaker uses comparisons and imagery to accomplish her goal. From beginning to end, the speaker in Sharon Olds’ poem, “Sex Without Love,” uses countless comparisons to complete her goal.