Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers By Adrienne Rich Aunt Jennifer’s tigers stride across a screen Bright topaz denizens of a world of green. They do not fear the men beneath the tree; They pace in sleek chivalric certainty. Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool Find even the ivory needle hard to pull. The massive weight of uncle’s wedding band Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand. When Aunt is dead‚ her terrified hands will lie Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered
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told Charles from the EIF‚ who had brought us to Aunt Ana’s farm‚ sending him. Anselmo explained that the following day my brothers‚ and I would leave out to a village by the bottom of the mountain. The Jewish explorer would go with us. Aunt Ana insisted on coming together with us in the wagon thrown by “Coquette” up to the place with the person responsible. This person will take us to the point of meeting between the children who would
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Where will you put your million dollars? Dear Aunt Bessie‚ It’s an honor that you have chosen me to distribute your entire life earning of one million dollars! I promise you that I wont let you down. America is growing day by day and it needs help because there are many problems that it’s facing. I’ve narrowed it down into four important causes on where your money will go. My choice for the most important cause is the woman’s suffrage‚ this cause will receive your $600‚000. Jane Adams‚ the co-founder
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amazing poet who expressed certain matters and women’s needs through her writings. Her poem “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” was used to express male and female relationships or maybe one in particular. Although many critics argue the point of view‚ the overall theme of “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” is Aunt Jennifer’s oppression through marriage‚ and the use of embroidery as the form of self-expression. The first verse of “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers” is used to describe the tigers. They “prance across a screen”. This
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Aunt Jennifers Tigers Poem Summary by Admin on November 11‚ 2012 in English Aunt Jennifer’s tigers is a poem by Adrienne Rich illustrating her feminist concerns. In the male dominant world‚ a women of her time was only supposed to be a dutiful homemaker. This poem through the world of Aunty Jennifer‚ tells us about her inner desire to free herself from the clutches of abusive marriage and patriarchal society. Poem Summary The first stanza opens with Aunt Jennifer’s visual tapestry of tigers who
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Along with Que‚ Aunt Tam embodies the traditional Vietnamese women. With her dedication to her family‚ loyalty to her duties and her respectability‚ Aunt Tame gives the readers insight into the life of a woman in Vietnam. The cultural significance of her life is portrayed through the minor details that are used to represent her in the book. Aunt Tam is someone who sacrificed everything‚ and willingly‚ for the sake of her family name
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just likes to have fun. But‚ according to society‚ women are supposed to stay home and wear dresses. Society‚ or in this case Aunt Alexandra‚ pressure girls to change and become “ladies”. Aunt Alexandra represents the stereotypical woman and moves in to protect the Finch’s reputation by trying to right all their wrongs. This includes turning scout into a lady. Aunt Alexandra’s focus on Scout’s appearance displays just one minute facet of life in which society pressures women. Alexandra was
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ADRIENNE RICH (b. 1929) Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers The Uncle Speaks in the Drawing Room Trying to talk with a Man Aoife O’Driscoll 2010 www.aoifesnotes.com Page 1 of 13 Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen‚ Bright topaz denizens of a world of green. They do not fear the men beneath the tree; They pace in sleek chivalric certainty. Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool Find even the ivory needle hard to pull. The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding
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Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan – Analysis Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan by Moniza Alvi depicts an Afghani girl trying to find her cultural identity and explores the issue of being torn between two cultures. This is through the poet’s experience of receiving ethnic clothing from her relatives in Pakistan‚ her culture and race is mixed making her feel like she does not belong in the community. The traditional clothes are described carefully in order to express their difference from British
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Adrienne Rich’s poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’ is about how Aunt Jennifer is becoming fragile and potentially old‚ but Rich used the idea of Aunt Jennifer’s tapestry and the tigers as some form of release‚ as the poem suggests that she is tightly governed by her husband. The phrases ‘massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band’ and ‘sits heavily’. Later on in the poem‚ in the last stanza‚ Rich uses the ring as a metaphor again‚ ‘still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by’. By using the word ‘ringed’
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