‘Bloody Men’ by Wendy Cope Wendy Cope born in 1945 is an award winning British poet. Cope wrote “Bloody Men” in 1987 which then became the opening poem of her second collection‚ “Serious Concerns” in 2002. “Bloody Men” is a witty yet serious poem. This expresses Cope’s distinctive style of writing. The title “Bloody Men” illustrates or suggests the frustrations woman have with men in or out of relationships. The poem is 12 lines and has an ABCB rhyme scheme. The tone of the poem is playful but
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‘The Russian Revolution of 1905 was a result of social and economic modernisation thwarted by a reactionary regime.’ Discuss. The Russian Revolution of 1905‚ while it ultimately failed to overthrow the Tzarist regime‚ was said by several people‚ including Lenin‚ to be a ‘dress rehearsal’ for the Russian Revolution of 1917. Russia was an autocratic country ruled by an autocratic Tzar‚ where the Tzar ruled as he wished and was supported by the privileged nobles‚ who owned land and serfs. The distinction
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Running Head: BLOODY MARY: MARY TUDOR The Impact of Bloody Mary: Mary Tudor Abstract The investigation of Mary Tudor and the explanation of her background and her impact will be thoroughly described in this paper. Mary Tudor or as you may know her “Bloody Mary” was a queen of distress. Mary went through many hardships within her family‚ friends and herself. Coming from having it all too almost nothing at all‚ her strength and courage got her through the hardest times of her life. Mary’s
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The Russia -Japanese war was a key reason into why revolution broke out in 1905 Plehve was reputed to have said that a “short victorious war to avert a revolution” Russia lost several battles producing an amount of 107‚000 Russian troops lost. Also the Russian Baltic Fleet‚ which had sailed half-way round the world to assist their failing army‚ was completely destroyed by Japanese Ships as it entered the Straits of Tsushima. By this time the Japanese were exhausted and the Russians were almost
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but there is one occurrence that has seemed to captivate me – and that ’s the Boston Massacre. The webpage I found communicates the basic – but most important – events of the massacre‚ it depicts the events through writing and shows an image of "The Bloody Massacre"‚ so the webpage was interesting in my eyes. In the 1700 ’s‚ people were known as either the patriots – whom supported the colonies – or loyalists – whom remained loyal to the British. In 1770 when British troops were sent to the colonies
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TITLE | SUMMARY | KEY QUOTES | The Bloody Chamber | A young girl travels on a train to her husband- the Marquis. While at his French castle‚ she learns that he takes enjoyment in her embarrassment. She is a pianist- a blind piano tuner hears her playing and falls in love with her. The Marquis tells her that he is leaving on business‚ forbidding her to enter one particular room. She enters the perverse room‚ encountering all the dead bodies of his previous wives. The girl realises that the Marquis
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‘The role of women in the gothic genre is as victims always subjected to male authority’‚ compare and contrast to which this interpretation is relevant to your three chosen texts. By Kristina Addis Within My Last Duchess‚ The Bloody Chamber and Dracula‚ there is evidence to suggest that women within the gothic genre as portrayed as victims of male authority‚ as well as evidence to disprove this argument‚ instead suggesting that it is the women within the Gothic genre which makes themselves
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is simultaneously vulnerable and dangerous‚ and that young women undergo certain rite of passage designed to teach them how to control their bodies and their desires.” In which ways do you think carter depicts and challenges this view within the ‘Bloody Chamber’? Angela carter shows two side of the argument. Carter uses the ‘new woman’ and ‘puppet’ women in her stories as she gives the ‘puppet’ women voices that they never had before and shows the ‘new woman’ journey from being voiceless to a
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How accurate is it to say that the growth of reformist groups in the years from 1881 was the main cause of the 1905 Revolution? There were many different causes of the 1905 Russian revolution. These included; the growth of different reformist groups‚ rapid industrialisation‚ the Russo-Japanese War and ‘Bloody Sunday’. However some were more influential than others. Firstly there was the Social Democrats who wanted to use and implement the radical ideas of Karl Marx to inspire the transformation
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The bloody chamber is a very interesting story to read. At the beginning of the text it seems as if the story is about a young woman who is nervous about her new adventures in becoming a young bride. She tells of how at first she feels guilty leaving her childhood and her mother‚ but is anticipating her new life as a marquise. When the narrator was first explaining how her husband came across it reminded me of a stern man. However the way he courted her and acted when he took her virginity gave the
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