Lysandra’s Revenge The story of Lysandra in Lysandra’s Poem by Budge Wilson showcases a conflict between two girls, Elaine and Lysandra. After Elaine wins the Gr.7 Poetry contest, it leaves Lysandra stays bitter about the lost from high school to adulthood. From Elaine’s actions, Lysandra’s revenge is actually justified. During their childhoods, It is quite evident that Elaine knew that Lysandra was overly attached to literature as she states that “Like her father, she haunted the library.” (127). Knowing how important literature and poetry is to Lysandra, Elaine already knew how important something simple like a poetry contest would mean to Lysandra. Lysandra felt confident about the contest cause she studied poetry at a young age and …show more content…
it would show the other kids how magnificent she is. Elaine should’ve realized this, as she describes “No one whispered “Pigeon-Toed Cochrane” as she passed.
No one would considered mocking such a display of self-confidence.”(128). She should’ve known that her winning the contest would be healthy for her and would allow her to stop being made fun of. Additionally, Elaine slowly started separating from Lysandra when the poetry contest was announced. In the story, Lysandra doesn’t seem to have any other friends. The only friend that Lysandra had would be Elaine. That’s because she doesn’t have anyone else to talk to personally. Her dad, Mr.Cochrane is known to snap “At his pale wife”,(127). Lysandra feels unsafe around her family because of this. When Elaine and Lysandra were younger, Elaine stayed by Lysandra even when it would be boring for Elaine. However, slowly Elaine would distance herself away from Lysandra. While Lysandra was busy writing her poem, Elaine “Played with other kids during this period, because Lysandra was of no use at all to me.” (128). Basically, saying that Lysandra was useless to her and didn’t really value their friendship. Lastly, after Elaine won the contest, Lysandra was heartbroken after she lost. This leads to Mr.Cochrane burning all of Lysandra’s poems. Later on, Lysandra blames Elaine actions lead to the burning of Lysandra’s poems. Elaine knew that
Mr.Cochrane was not a nice father. She says that Mr.Cochrane is known to snap “At his pale wife”, and went on rampages that forced Lysandra to retreat “When her father went on his rampages” (127). Additionally, she knew that she was a “Shoo-in to win that contest” (129). Elaine didn’t think thoroughly of the consequences of having a harsh father. Which results in having Lysandra’s poems being burnt up. Lysandra told Elaine that her poems were about “Life” and she would “Die if the house burns down” (129). After Mr.Cochrane burnt Lysandra poems, it probably felt like her life was burnt down in front of her eyes and all of it was started after Elaine won the contest. Looking at these various points, you could see that the revenge by Lysandra is justified by the various insensitive actions Elaine does. Which eventually leads to Lysandra taking Brett Houston away from Elaine.
Although Prize Giving highlights the superiority of the male Professor over the rest of the girls, there is a role reversal towards the end of the poem where the titian haired girl establishes power over him. Through her sexuality and musical talent, the girl asserts dominance in the final stanza and causes the professor to feel inferior for the first time, which comes as an uncomfortable shock to him (Harwood, pg.29). The poem of Father and Child which was published in Harwood’s 2nd Volume of poems continues to suggest a possible social change through the use of a child. Here, Harwood defeminises the child refusing to sentimentalise little girls by referring to the protagonist as a “wisp-haired judge” despite only being seven. The poem then links this to King Lear through the words “Old king” while reversing the relationship and position of power between father and daughter (Harwood, pg.111). These hints for change arise from the female children rather than the adults showing that although Harwood often represents women as subordinate to men, there is a possibility for change through the new
On an everyday basis teens all around the world fight and disagree with their parents. In the passages Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun this very thing is clearly demonstrated. Both stories feature two teenage girls that have lost one of their parents. They both now face the daily struggle of agreeing and relating to their remaining parent. In Confetti Girl, the narrator is constantly overlooked and out shadowed by her father’s favorite thing, books and literacy.
Poetry is a way for authors to express their feelings on life, whether it be current events, past memories, or just abstract thought. Some poets write stories using poetry, while others write short simple imaginative journeys. One poet, Rita Dove, uses her poetry to reflect upon her past actions as a child. Her poems create extraordinary sensory experiences in the reader, mostly being visualizations that the reader can image. Both “Geometry” and “Grape Sherbet”, by Rita Dove, are similar in that they express a commonality between Dove’s childhood, and experiences people have in the present day by using common poetic devices like imagery, symbolism, and personification.
This reaction from the blue poetry book shines a light on the power of literature- what occurred after she had read the first lines altered her state of mind,.
Elaine reacts to this by (stage directions) hitting the coal-shed door, which demonstrates that she has never forgiven her father for what he did and still feels strongly about the issue. She is also in conflict with her father because he hit her mother and brother and buried their mother without even informing them of her death. Elaine: “ you didn’t even give her a proper funeral” Elaine: “ you never told anybody she was dead” This emphasises how she felt about her mother and how much hate she has for her father because of how he mistreated her mother.
...ht some "terrible stories." By bringing to light these "terrible stories" a poet in effect slays the "angels" that kept her from writing. Every author has his/her own "angel" to slay. Lucille Clifton sees past the fear she has about what she might write about using her gift of poetry to "slay her angel."
It is important that we examine their poems so we can know what they experienced. It is helpful to others because they may have experienced the same situation. They may have also wanted to speak.
It is a way to crucially engage oneself in setting the stage for new interventions and connections. She also emphasized that she personally viewed poetry as the embodiment of one’s personal experiences, and she challenged what the white, European males have imbued in society, as she declared, “I speak here of poetry as the revelation or distillation of experience, not the sterile word play that, too often, the white fathers distorted the word poetry to mean — in order to cover their desperate wish for imagination without insight.”
William Shakespeare's Hamlet illustrates the inevitable cycle of revenge as the characters are drawn into a whirlpool that they cannot escape. In this play, the readers witness the power of death and the wavering resolution that acts as a domino effect. The first one to fall into this despair is the protagonist, Hamlet, which affect both directly and indirectly those around him. Horatio, Hamlet’s best friend from school, becomes his only ally who knows of Hamlet’ schemes and miseries. While Laertes becomes Hamlet’s enemy when the protagonist inadvertently kills Laertes’ father thinking he was King Claudius, Hamlet’s subject of revenge, when he was eavesdropping on Hamlet. Another important character in this play is Fortinbras, who seeks revenge on behalf of his father’s honors, who equalizes the two contradictory characters of Horatio and Laertes. Through these three characters, who are different in nature, Shakespeare develops these three characteristics in order to highlights Hamlet’s weaknesses.
These extreme swings are shown later when Cordelia appears to be friends with Elaine, while really harassing her. This again is typical of children- that they pick up on the behaviour of their parents is quite natural, especially in Cordelia's circumstances which are related when Elaine visits her with "I ask Cordelia if she is gifted, but she puts her tongue in the corner of her mouth and turns away". The main motive to bully Elaine seems to be the neglect that she has to deal with at home- the older siblings who are 'gifted' and her ordinariness and inability to be more like them. It is noteworthy that the child Elaine does not analyse or interpret this, as the adult reader would, as this child-like innocence is natural and convincing. Cordelia does not single Elaine out immediately, instead she tries to control all her 'playmates' but Carol is too wimpish, and Grace too strong, " "I don't want to," says Grace ", but Elaine, unaccustomed to the games of girls does not believe that she is being wronged, and therefore suffers the brunt of the attack.
Revenge is a desire by human nature. Someone does something to you that you don’t like you would want to proceed with taking revenge automatically. Revenge is an emotion and a demand for justice. Women have the desire to seek revenge far more than men. Women will go far as they wish as for men will let conflicts slide off their backs. An example of this is shown in the play Medea, Medea retaliates at a far greater impact than her ex-husband, Jason. Medea played the role of being a woman that is ex-wife and a mother that is faced with seeking revenge throughout the play. She is a woman that definitely acts one way, and turns her back and acts a different way. At the end of the play, it was revealed what type of person she truly was. Although Medea sought to have a process of vengeance on Jason that consisted of her determination to have a set plan to stay in Corinth,
She defines her idea of what is right in a relationship by describing how hard and painful it is for her to stray from that ideal in this instance. As the poem evolves, one can begin to see the author having a conflict with values, while simultaneously expressing which values are hers and which are unnatural to her. She accomplishes this accounting of values by personalizing her position in a somewhat unsettling way throughout the poem.
You are eleven years old, and to your knowledge, your parents died in a Zeppelin crash when you were very young, so you can't remember. You attend Jordan College, where you hear about something called "Dust". In your world, people have a pet that is the external expression of their soul. You're flabbergasted by Northern Lights, so you want to go up North to learn more about them. You receive a golden compass from the master of your school, and are told firmly to show it to no one. You find out that you can read the future of specific things/events using this tool, and you are the only one that can read it. Later in the day you meet a kind looking woman who tells you that she can help you travel to the north, and of course you joyfully say yes. During your journey, you realize that you have made a mistake going with this lady, wasn't intending to take you to the North anyway. This is what happened to Lyra Belacqua, in The Golden Compass written by Phillip Pullman. Lyra's pet/daemon is named Pantalaimon. He is very similar to her, except he is a lot more cautious. Daemons are normally the opposite gender of the person. The golden compass/aleithiometer that Lyra received can read the future of specific things. Lyra's best friend is Roger, who gets kidnapped by Gobblers. Gobblers steal kids to experiment on their daemons. Lyra joyfully joins Mrs. Coulter on her journey to the North, but they first stop at Mrs. Coulter's home. The next day Mrs. Coulter has a large cocktail party in which Lyra overhears Mrs. Coulter talking about Lord Asriel, her uncle, being captured in Svalbard. She is disturbed by this so she and Pantalaimon courageously run away. During her escape, she is caught by Gobblers, but they don't take her far since the Gy...
For any educator that is searching for a poem to arouse the interest of students enlisted in upper level literature classes, the poem “In the Orchard” by Muriel Stuart, written in the early twentieth century, conveys the ageless theme of unrequited love. The poem has all the elements of making students understand how far back the feeling of unrequited love has been around. We can understand these elements better through the rhetorical strategies.
Even though poetry is still taught in classes, students will only view it as a required subject. A majority of students do not find poetry interesting just from investigating on their own. However, when they are learning it in a classroom setting with their peers, they may have more enthusiasm about the topic. Yet, after these students learn about the influence that poetry has brought to our society, they are still inclined to explore their own writing style. There is nothing wrong with this, but this proves that poetry has strayed away from its actual literature and the value it