Analysis Of The Poem Circe's Power

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In the poem Circe’s Power by “Louise Glück” Circe is powerful witch trying to teach a group of men a lesson. She thinks the men are more like pigs in a sense which I interpreted as they are greedy and act like fools. The men are very materialistic and act as if there are no boundaries. There are many examples of this in the text. In stanza 1 Circe talks about how the men or just some people in general act more like pigs than actual me or humans. This is a comparison to show that these people are very undisciplined as seen in stanza 2 when Circe says something along the line of, “Your men weren't bad men;Undisciplined life did that to them. As pigs.” This speaks out about how Circe thinks of them. She thinks the parents/guardians are at fault for not disciplining the men in a way. Seeing this the theme seems as if it is leaning towards good men not knowing only good but discipline as well. …show more content…

Circe feels as if it is her job to make the men how they should be by taking them in and caring for them. Circe even goes as far to think that “Under the care of [herself] ladies along [her] ladies the men sweetened right up.” This being said it seems as if Circe assumes the role of being a parent or caregiver over the men but this is not all Circe does for the men. Circe takes action and “reversed the spell, showing you [her] goodness as well as [her] power.” In a sense this can mean multiple things in this text it seems as if she is telling you directly that she wants you to know who in charge and whom the boss really is. Circe is teaching these men what it really takes to be a man in other words grow

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