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Presentation of women in AQA anthology
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how women are presented in a range of poems on the aqa anthology
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Presentation of women in AQA anthology
Medusa
angry, scorned woman represented as a gorgon
'showed me a Gorgon. I stared at a dragon'
mythological beast, snakes for hair turns everything she looks at to stone
danger, vengence
we hear her voice
sibilance and plosives
hissing like a snake
onomatopoeic
'hissed and spat on my scalp'
scornful and furious
'your girls your girls'
she anticipates betrayal
this is what makes her angry enough to become the Gorgon
'I know you'll go, betray me, stray'
She would rather her lover were turned to stone, a statue, than that he 'stray'
'better by far for me'
physically transformed by her anger
'yellow fanged...bullet tears'
strong powerful but dreadful woman
refuses to be a victim
'Look at me now.'
imperative
Singh Song
rebellious
rudeness
'she effing at my mum
den stumble like a drunk making fun at my daddy
appearance
red crew cut, donkey jacket, tartan sari
western clothing adopted and made her own
contrasts
bullet eyes, tummy of a teddy
upstairs/ downstairs
making a website cat and mouse
downstairs
love romance moon
not typical indian woman
strong independent powerful woman
Ruined Maid
chattering simple farm girl contrasted with Melia
farming lives given in detail
'face blue and bleak'
'grubbing up docks'
'hag ridden dream'
no glamour or romance
lif e of exploitation on farm contrasted with sexual exploitation of Melia
'raw country girl'
country girl chatters on and on, listing Melia's changes
Melia's replies are shirt and terse and repetative
Melia is a prostitute, but ironically, she is better off, at least in the short term
'prosperi-ty'
'fair garments'
'gay bracelets and bright feathers three'
when were they ruined? now or on the farm?
Hardy is commenting on the appalling lives of poor rural girls - their only choices are farm work or prostitution
either way they are ruined
My Last Duchess
as art
fresco has more importance to Duke than his living wife
'Will't please you sit and look at her?'
when alive his wife was a constant irriatation
'too easily impressed'
'twas not her husband's presence only called that spot of joy into the Duchess' cheek'
'ranked my gift of a nine-hundred-years old name with anybody's gift'
He keeps a mental list of her transgressions
Duke exerts control over Duchess
she is a possession
'My'
to be disposed of as he pleases
'I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped'
Duchess is passive
things happen to her
her only actions are innocent and simple, whereas Duke is calculating and brooding
she is only represented by the Duke's words
we never hear her voice or words
when she lived the Duke could not control her
'her looks went everywhere'
victim
River God
victim
to hold her and many a waving reed to hold her
Powerless
He controls her
Waiting for me to smooth and wash away the fear
So I brought her down here
She is his objects
If she wishes to go I will not forgive her
Women are his only company
He chooses to drown her or not meaning she hasn't got any controll
Its a metaphor for abusive relationships
How the man is more powerful than the woman
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