Slithering serpents protruding from the skull of a yellow fanged, corpse like figure with, “looks that could kill.” When these words are heard, the mythological being Medusa is among one of the first things that comes to mind. Throughout the ages Medusa's story has been passed down from generation to generation and spread through means of media and literature. In the poem, “Medusa”, by Carol Ann Duffy, the author depicts a woman undergoing changes due to her uneasiness for her lovers wavering loyalty. The character, or speaker, has a suspicion that her lover, whom she holds close, has betrayed her. The woman represents a subsequent change in one's state portraying a monster, victim, or even a villainous figure as an effect that fears establish consequent to one's well being and state of mind from betrayal resulting in jealousy.
In the poem, Duffy describes an overall monster archetypal figure to further reveal that, one's own thoughts and actions may turn them into their worst fears. In the poem, Duffy writes, “I
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In the poem the character asks, “Wasn't I beautiful?” The character is clearly in anguish from the heartbreak and begins to compare her current appearance to that of which she used to be. Her sadness and loneliness. Usually in real life, a victim of something either has a traumatic emotional change in appearance or possibly a physical change in appearance. Following that statement, Duffy writes, “There are bullet tears in my eyes.” One can infer that “bullet tears” refer to both fast and hard tears further illustrating the characters deep pain and sadness occurring from her lover's betrayal. Her sadness relates to that of which many people in today’s society face due to heartbreak resulting in high percentages in
trauma can have on someone, even in adulthood. The speaker of the poem invokes sadness and
In the forth stanza the poet uses hyperboles like “castles and every hole an abyss,” to create vivid visual imagery emphasising the peril of the turtles situation.
“Nonsense,” I screamed “One day beauty will fade away. However I will arrange for it to fade away now and all your loveliness will be gone forever.” As I declared those words Medusa turned into a terrible monster. Her hair thickened into hissing snakes and body turned into a snake.
Medea is the tale of a forbidden love that ends in dismay. Euripides, who was a playwright born in 485 BC in ancient Greece wrote this aforementioned play, which was one of the greatest tragedies of all time. Medea tells the story of a barbarian princess who travels to Greece with her true love, Jason. When they arrive in Athens Medea sickeningly tricks Jason’s political rival Pelias own children into brutally killing him. The people in Athens are unaccustomed to her vicious ways, and are astonished at her behavior in civilization. This causes Jason to deeply worry about his political career. He then leaves Medea for the princess of Corinth. Out of rage and spite for Jason Medea kills the king, the princess, and her own two sons. She then flees to her good friend Aegean’s kingdom for safe haven. Every one of the conflicts through this catastrophic novel helps to enhance each characters personality. The tale of Medea and its characters are changed and shaped through the themes of love, betrayal, and revenge.
...ove once because I quit biting my cuticles and my hair is gray”. She reminisces of her happiness through photographs of her and her lover and she sees the happiness in both hers and his eyes. I wasn’t quite sure what happened to make her think she once loved, maybe he died or just never talked to her again but feels so strongly about those memories still. As the Chapter relates to love and hate through all of the works of writing, the poems aren’t all about the same themes. The first one was about marriage and sin of cheating and that a love that can be altered isn’t love, the second one is about Robert Frosts love life of a girl he was very fond of and loved her but she couldn’t be faithful to any man, and the last was about a girl that speaks of love she once had and is still attached to but in some case it never worked out and all she’s left with is a memory.
I will discuss the similarities by which these poems explore themes of death and violence through the language, structure and imagery used. In some of the poems I will explore the characters’ motivation for targeting their anger and need to kill towards individuals they know personally whereas others take out their frustration on innocent strangers. On the other hand, the remaining poems I will consider view death in a completely different way by exploring the raw emotions that come with losing a loved one.
Q1. How do the stories resemble other stories you have read or seen in movies in plot, character, setting or use of symbols?
When were naïve children, we might have been fearful of the monsters in our closet, but in reality there were no monsters. Our fear of the unknown, coupled with our imagination, caused us to believe that there was actually a monster. Fear is an innate emotion that all humans have expressed. Monsters in movies and novels that we consume should be considered as tangible creature that encapsulates our fears. These stories make us imagine a world in which a fictional character defeats and conquers things that we ourselves might not venture to do. In essence, we let ourselves vicariously live through the life of these characters and we share the same fear of the fictional threat. In addition, Brooks makes argument on whether to fight their “monster”
How could a person imagine the severe suffering of a man after the loss of a dearest loved one? In Poe’s most famous poem ever written, “The Raven”, the reader gains insight into the poem’s narrator’s depression, sadness, and grief. The author, Edgar Allen Poe, in “The Raven” demonstrates the use of symbols and themes to highlight and create the morbid mood and essence of the poem that brings it to a higher level.
I think it symbolized ourselves and how we should be afraid of ourselves because of what we are capable of. The boys had fear, and they needed adults, which is why they turned into monsters. If you thought there was a monster under your bed, and you were afraid of it, the reasonable thing to do is act tough and act like you can handle it. I think that is what the boys did in this situation with the beast. When the little boy with the “mulberry-colored birthmark” told the older boys about “the snake-thing”, they acted carelessly, but truly they were afraid he was telling the truth, so they acted tough like they could handle anything, and that started affecting them, making them believe they were stronger and they didn’t care, which eventually turned into a reality even if they weren’t the strongest. And in reality the beast is within
Throughout the poem, the author uses various types of figurative language to immerse the reader in the thoughts and feeling of the speaker. The personification of fear in the form of Mr. Fear provides one such example.
Fear is an amazing emotion, in that it has both psychological as well as physiological effects on the human body. In instances of extreme fear, the mind is able to function in a way that is detached and connected to the event simultaneously. In “Feared Drowned,” Sharon Olds presents, in six brief stanzas, this type of instance. Her sparse use of language, rich with metaphors, similes and dark imagery, belies the horror experienced by the speaker. She closes the poem with a philosophical statement about life and the after-effects that these moments of horror can have on our lives and relationships.
Do we remember as a child using our imaginations to be afraid of something that was not real? William Golding uses this imagery in his novel, Lord of the Flies. There are boys on this bare island who their imaginations and conjure up this idea of an imaginary thing. The beast, in the Lord of the Flies symbolizes fear, savagery, and evil.
The Evil Character Medea in Euripides' Medea. Euripides created a two-headed character in this classic tragedy. Medea begins her marriage as the ideal loving wife who sacrificed much for her husband's safety. At the peak of the reading, she becomes a murderous villain that demands respect and even some sympathy.
The messenger’s description of the princess is particularly effective because he give us a vivid image of the pain the princess suffered. “Blood was dripping down, mixed with fire, from the top of her head and from her bones the flesh was peeling back like resin, shorn by unseen jaws of poison, terrible to see.” (Line 1185) I description show how vindictive Medea was. Medea did not just kill the princess she made sure the princess suffered.