Comparison of the ways women are presented in ‘Salome’ and ‘Havisham’ The two poems are written by a twentieth century poet called Carol Ann Duffy. In her poems women are presented in various ways. For example‚ the women in her poems ‘Salome’ and ‘Havisham’ are both quite deranged together with disturbed characteristics as they view love and relationships in two different ways – anger and bitterness. Duffy is known to write about traumatising scenes from childhood‚ adolescence‚ and adult life
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Carol Ann Duffy is a time traveller. Her poetry frequently steps to one side of an experience and redraws its ostensible shape‚ smudging away at any exclusive edges‚ so that the supposed fixity of an experience or relationship becomes more plastic‚more malleable. I love this creativity in Duffy‚ this capacity for the ‘what if’ or ‘reframe’ in Carol Ann Duffy. For like all great writers‚ she is prepared to renegotiate experience and the past. She believes in resurrection through remembrance‚ and
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later invited to Miss Havisham’s house and meets Estella and falls in love with her. After knowing Miss Havisham for a while Pip receives an anonymous inheritance to go to London with Mr. Jaggers as his guardian to become a gentleman. Pip stays in London‚ then he is invited back to the Satis House where Miss Havisham lives. Magwitch‚ the convict from the beginning‚ shows up in Pip’s
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chose‚ “Havisham” and "Love After Love"‚ are comparable‚ with their common subject of how a person responds to the end of a relationship‚ but they are very contrasting in the paths they take. The persona in “Love After Love” talks about returning to yourself and loving who you are: without the need for someone else‚ “You will love again the stranger who was yourself” as if you lose yourself in a relationship so much that you need to learn how to look after yourself again. Whereas “Havisham” shows
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adoptive mother‚ Miss Havisham to wreak havoc on the male sex. Even though they have the same purpose‚ and have similar qualities‚ both characters have different motives‚ level of ruthlessness‚ and intentions. Even though both characters seem to have the same goal‚ they do not have the same motives. Miss Havisham seeks to hurt all men possible‚ out of rage‚ and need for revenge. Estella‚ on the other hand‚ being raised by Miss Havisham‚ knows to do nothing else but that. Miss Havisham seeks revenge because
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Analysis of Shooting Star by Carol Ann Duffy By Lucy Johnson Will we ever truly be able to comprehend the atrocities that took place in concentration camps during WWII? Shooting Stars by Carol-Ann Duffy is a poem that highlights the bravery‚ brutality and hardship that Jewish women had to endure in such camps through the voice of a deceased Jewish women. Through literary techniques such as Duffy’s meaningful word choice‚ haunting imagery‚ and punctuation Duffy is able to give a moving account of not
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aspects to others. Characters Magwitch‚ Pip‚ Miss Havisham‚ and Estella are examples of people who self-sacrifice themselves throughout the book. Magwitch‚ a convict who is wanted by the law‚ desires to financially aid Pip by converting him into a gentleman; Pip‚ an innocent boy who has yet to learn about the ways of life‚ had to sacrifice his time with his family members Joe and Mrs. Joe to move to London to become educated and wealthy; Miss Havisham has sacrificed and devoted her time to getting
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any warmth‚ just like Miss Havisham is cold and heartless. Fire can begin and end things. Fire can also stand for cleansing‚ getting rid of sin and start anew‚ but it can also destroy. Now for the question “How can fire be destructive?”. In chapter 49‚ a very important chapter in the novel‚ the answer comes forward. Pip goes to Satis House to talk to Miss Havisham‚ whom he finds sitting in front of the hearth staring into the fire‚ seemingly deep in thought. Miss Havisham asks Pip what
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some wittles”. He expects that Pip will get him what he wants because of his threatening demeanor‚ and the threats that he relayed upon him. Another example of this is how Mrs. Havisham uses Pip as a piece of her “sick fantasy”. Mrs. Havisham has Pip come to her house on many occasions to “play” with Estella. Mrs. Havisham claims they are “playing"‚ even though her true intentions
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early-to-mid 1800s. This is the story about Pip‚ an orphan boy who lives with his sister who is married the blacksmith‚ the story follows the life of this boy‚ from his awakening to life. The main characters are Pip‚ Mrs. Joe‚ Joe Gargery‚ Miss Havisham‚ Estella‚ Abel Magwitch.‚ Mr. Jaggers‚ Herbert Pocket‚ Biddy and Bentley Drummle. Pip‚ is the main character and is the narrator of the story‚ Pip is a young orphan boy who is being raised by his sister and her husband. Pip is very passionate and
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