Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy The poem Medusa explores the theme of jealousy and anger; the poet illustrates this using the extended metaphor of a Greek mythological creature Medusa‚ whose story describes her as a beautiful maiden that is turned into a hideous creature after being raped by Poseidon. The poet furthermore links this metaphor to the theme of feminism when she describes the women in the poem overpowering the man that hurt her. The language in this poem is quite harsh‚ emphasising the
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Compare the central characters in ‘Medusa’ and ‘My Last Duchess’ Carol Ann Duffy’s ‘Medusa’ and Robert Browning’s ‘My Last Duchess’ are two entirely different poems in many respects. Written in entirely different eras‚ some would say that they are as opposite as poetry could be. However‚ their central characters have some remarkable similarities that strike a chord with the reader and represent a common theme. In each of the poems‚ both Medusa and the Duke of Ferrara represent the fickleness
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Historically‚ women have been omitted. By the free verse poem‚ Duffy gives the mythological character Medusa a voice‚ and thereby another chance to speak up. She also challenges the stereotypes of women‚ this character faced. In the poem‚ Duffy explores the position of women‚ and Medusa’s point of view of the story. The word choice in the poem brings the voice of the character out. Because the poem is a dramatic monologue‚ personal pronouns and the repetition of the words “I” and “my”
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3.) Why was building a raft challenging for Brian? 4.) How did Brian solve his problems with the raft? 5.) How does Brian in this chapter show us he has learned to be patient? 1.) How did Brian get into the plane? 2.) What does Brian think about he noticed the pilot’s head? 3.) How was Brian able to calm himself after he saw the pilot’s head? 4.) How long did it take Brian to get to the plane‚ get the survival bag and get back to his camp? 1.) How did Brian feel about the items in the survival
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Vincent Vo August 28‚ 2013 Period 5 Compare and Contrast a Life Raft‚ an Island‚ and Earth Survival is a key part of life in which humans have been attending to throughout our entire existence. As time progresses‚ technology and knowledge not only increases but also improves. Eventually‚ we develop to the point where our educational system has an important and crucial question where the students are asked to compare and contrast a life raft with emergency supplies in it‚ a moderately sized island‚ and
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It is undeniable that mistakes are a bsic fundamental of life. Whether or not that is a good or bad thing‚ is much harder to determine. In a passage from The Medusa and the Snail‚ biologist Lewis Thomas discusses mistakes and how they affect our life. In the second paragraph‚ Thomas claims that we‚ as humans‚ learn by "trial and error". Although at first though this is seemingly true‚ but when it comes down to it‚ just how accurate is this saying? Some people make a mistake‚ learn from it‚ and
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John Agard’s ‘Checking out me history’ is written in dialectical non-standard English‚ where he has tried to input the natural sounds and phrases of a Caribbean dialect. This is important because one of the major themes of the poem is that of his personal identity; this use of language really highlights his different background and puts emphasis on his differences. His use of repetition‚ especially of the phrase “dem tell me” gives a sense of repetition and exaggerates the amount of things he was
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Shunned and shut out because of her pride‚ Medusa ’s tale can assuredly be compared to the captain of the Titanic‚ Edward John Smith. Medusa was a very beautiful mortal‚ who had many suitors‚ although‚ she was very prideful about her appearance. Later on‚ Medusa got turned into a hideous monster by Athena‚ the goddess of wisdom and war. Her story ended in a great deal of tragedy and she was full of regret. The story of Medusa can be compared to the captain of the Titanic‚ Edward John Smith for many
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with a 450 pound Royal Bengal tiger‚ Pi struggles to survive. In Life of Pi‚ Yann Martel demonstrates the idea of safety through the raft when it becomes Pi’s territory and protection. After Pi overcomes his self pity‚ he decides that he was going to do everything in his power to survive. Pi thinks to himself‚ “I only had to hitch the other end of the rope to raft...and I might be saved”(Martel 150). This reveals that theme because in Pi’s eyes the building of a
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and one other poem from your collection? (Medusa) To start with‚ both poems explore the conflicts in a love relationship between women and men. They are both written from a women’s perspective and display a conflict over the levels of power in relationships. In Les Grands Seigneurs‚ we are invited to speculate on the musings of the narrator as she looks back to the past: a time when men were her ‘castellated towers’ and she controlled them. In Medusa‚ the feelings of ‘a suspicion‚ a doubt‚ a
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