Category: Carol Ann Duffy

Salome’: Main Themes The themes first introduced are predominantly modern consisting of promiscuity and infidelity. The theme of feminism is first introduced towards the end of the piece when it becomes evident to the reader how much power Salome has over her male counterpart Duffys reference to the tale of John the Baptist shows her…

Theme Of Traumatic Memories In The Captain Of The 1964 Top Of The Form Team And Stafford Afternoons By Carol Ann Duffy Both the Captain of the 1964 Top of the Form Team and Stafford Afternoons written by Carol Ann Duffy explore their respective characters past written in said characters perspectives. In the Captain of…

Female Oppression And Traditional Concepts Of Gender In The Works Of Sylvia Plath And Carol Ann Duffy Modern poets have pushed past societal norms, and have given themselves the platform to conquer and challenge topics and issues in regards to racism, class division and sexuality. Two poets who have interrogated traditional concepts of gender, include…

Literary Techniques In The Poem The Diet By Carol Ann Duffy Carol Ann Duffy analyses societys attitude to women in The Diet and throughout Feminine Gospels, connecting it to other poems in the collection. The poet explores themes through an extended metaphor of societys pressures and the effects it has on women such as isolation,…

Salome’: The Intertextuality of Carol Ann Duffys Poem Salome is a poem taken from Carol Ann Duffys collection of poems The Worlds Wife; most of the poems share a common feature: a historically marginalized narrator retelling the story from personal perspective. Salomes character originally appeared in the New Testament and over the centuries many novels…

Poetry Writing Style Of Carol Ann Duffy In The Poems Mrs Tilschers Class And Originally Mrs Tilschers Class and Originally by Carol Ann Duffy were intricately detailed recollections based on the authors transition from child to young adult. They feature many typical conventions of a poem, including metaphor, imagery and symbolism. The poems are formed…

The Message Of Psychopath By Carol Ann Duffy Avoid sketchy-looking strangers, parents often say to their children. Usually, these children listen to their parents. They avoid scruffy men, with messy hair, and black clothes. However, Psychopath by Carol Ann Duffy suppresses this idea. This poem allows readers to gain an understanding of what a psychopath…

How Does Carol Ann Duffy Portray Different Types Of Relationships In The World’s Wife? The Worlds Wife was written in a way that the positions of man and woman are explored with a feminist point of view. Carol Ann Duffy wants to show the different kinds of view and relationships man and woman can have…

Themes And Ideas In Mrs Midas By Carol Ann Duffy Mrs. Midas, the poem by Carol Ann Duffy was one of the various poems included in her 1999 collection named The Worlds Wife. Within this collection, she uses different figures from history and myths while allowing the persona of the poems to be the wife…

Feminism In Purdah I By Imtiaz Dharker And Standing Female Nude By Carol Ann Duffy Feminism is a social movement and ideology that fights for the political, economic and social rights for women. Feminists believe that men and women are equal, and women deserve the same rights as men in society. The feminist movement has…