Cousin Kate and The Seduction. In the following piece of coursework‚ I will compare and pick out the similarities and differences between the two poems. But first I am going to write a short repot of the two poems‚ to make my comparison easier to understand for the reader. Cousin Kate She was an innocent pretty young girl‚ that lived in a cottage with her friends‚ she was confused why a rich man loved her and fell for her‚ she was confused why he complimented her‚ because he was such
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Comparing poems: “Cousin Kate” and “Catrin” Conflict is presented in the poems “Cousin Kate” and “Catrin”. In the poems the conflict is based on the relationships between families. However‚ in “Cousin Kate”‚ the conflict is also in the class divide of a powerful lord and a poor maiden who I s controlled and abused by the lord. “Catrin” focuses on the bond between a mother and daughter and the conflict that relationship brings. The imagery in “Cousin Kate” conveys how the love between the lord
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Links essay between the poems ’Cousin Kate ’ and ’Havisham. ’ In this essay I will be linking the poems ’Cousin Kate ’ and ’Havisham ’. The poem Cousin Kate was written by Christina Rossetti and is the story of a cottage maiden and how she was seduced and used by the lord of the estate for which she worked. The poem then goes on to describe how she became jealous of her cousin‚ Kate‚ as she then went on to marry the lord. "Havisham" is a poem written in 1998 by Carol Ann Duffy. It responds to
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To what extent was rapid economic growth the cause of divisions within Wilhelmine Germany 1890-1914? In Wilhelmine II’s Germany‚ society was extremely hierarchal. By 1890 Germany had already completed the ‘take-off’ into sustained economic growth and industries such as coal‚ iron and textiles increased output by over 25%‚ leading the way in Germany’s mass industrialisation. This caused Germany’s net national product to rise from 23‚676‚000‚000 (marks) in 1890 to 51‚563‚000‚000 in 1912 and a population
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How is the story told in Cousin Kate? Cousin Kate is told in first person narrative from the view of an unnamed narrator; however‚ the narrator is also involved in the poem. It is told in ballad form and also could be interpreted as a letter to the narrator’s Cousin‚ Kate. The narrator introduces herself as a “cottage maiden”‚ she is seen as humbling herself and through this first line we see her as a meek character. This meek character contrasts to the anger and jealousy we see from the narrator
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In "Cousin Kate"‚ Rossetti gives messages about an abuse of power. The "Lord" "lured" the narrator to his "palace home". The word "lured" is very ominous and enforces the idea that he is a figure with authority. He manages to seduce the narrator with his flattery‚ and then enthrals her like a predator with his prey. The Lord has a high social standing which explains how he "wore" the "cottage maiden" like a "silken knot". The narrator felt inferior to the Lord‚ therefore she allows him to abuse her
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Essay “Uphill” written by Christina Rossetti‚ this poem is explaining life as a journey and life’s unavoidable death. This poem tells the reader that no matter what we face in life there is going to be hard times that we must endure. Life’s road will never be easy and no matter how we choose to live our life‚ death is the ultimate price we must pay. We must try to live life the best we know how so that in the end we will find comfort in our resting place. Rossetti sets the tone of this poem
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precisely during her adolescence that she found herself obliged to undergo several difficulties‚ namely her father’s and her own illnesses. Her father becoming virtually invalid‚ the Rossetti family suffered from an economic downturn. Frances resumed her governor post‚ and both Maria and William began employment too. Christina remained at home looking after her convalescent progenitor‚ while Dante continued consecrated to his artistic creations. Such events played a decisive role since she decided afterwards
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Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti The aim of this essay is to compare and contrast two critical essays on Christina Rosetti’s Goblin Market. This work will be based on Elizabeth K. Helsinger’s Consumer Power and the Utopia of Desire: Christina Rosetti’s “Goblin Market” and Victor Roman Mendoza’s “Come Buy”: the Crossing of Sexual and Consumer Desire in Christina Rosetti’s “Goblin Market”. Goblin Market is a narrative poem published in 1862 by the English poet Christina Rosetti. It tells
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The Rossetti poetry exclusively portrays women as victims. The themes of women destroyed by love‚ by tragic lovers or by other means are also typical of this Rossetti poetry. Most of the times‚ women are represented as victims of a tragic love‚ as a sexual frustration or they represented a punishment of the female. Other subject is the representation of the fallen woman (women who had given in to seduction‚ living a life in sin). For example‚ in Cousin Kate‚ the narrator has been left by the Lord
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