Through the use of distinct opposites, Sylvia Plath is able to create two different mood in her poem, “Two Sisters of Persephone.” The concept of two moods is set up in the poem’s first stanza: “daylong a duet of shade and light,”(2). This line suggests a battle between light and dark. Light being a metaphor for and hope and happiness and darkness a metaphor for depression and sadness. Already, it’s obvious that there are two distinct females who are representative of different concepts. The first girl, who has a, “root-pale…meager frame,”(12) is obviously darkness. She’s weak and pale which suggests hunger or deprivation of some sort. There’s no doubt that this fact contributes to the darkness portrayed by the first female. It also seems as though she is dying. This death could be a sort of hyperbole to explain what’s happening within her or it could be literal. The girl of darkness, “sees how their red silk flare / of petaled blood,” (17-18). Plath speaks of the girl seeing blood as a red silk flare. …show more content…
Blood could be a metaphorical term for the dark girl having the life and her will to live sucked out of her. Either way, the lines create an eerie, depressed mood. The other girl, however, is, “bronzed as earth… / hearing ticks blown gold / like pollen on bright air. Lulled / near a bed of poppies,”(13-16). This girl has all of these bright, happy, carefree aspects which are part of her life. Her life is seemingly carefree. She hears blown gold and floating pollen. It’s as though she’s near the mentioned bed of poppies. The bright girl, “freely become[s] sun’s bride,”(21). This suggests that the girl of light is not restricted in any way and is free to be happy. Sylvia Plath’s use of opposites in her poem, “The Two Sisters of Persephone,” creates two separate moods; one of depression and one of happiness and
In the myth “Persephone”, as retold by Anne Terry White, Hades falls instantly in love with the Goddess of harvest and takes her to the underworld with him. Have is all the sudden alarmed by the heaven, fire breathing beasts that had been buried underground, so he comes up to the land. Anthradite, Goddess of love, spots Hades and commands her son, Eros, to shoot with an arrow of love, hoping it would make Hades release the beasts kindly. Hades suddenly gets shot and his heart slowly begins to soften. Suddenly, in the distance, Hades sees Persephone, goddess of harvest, gracefully working in the meadows and he instantly falls in love with her. As a result, he decides to practically kidnap he and takes her down to the underworld with him.
Summary: Minthe was a water nymph the Hades was secretly having an affair with. One day, Persephone caught them together. Infuriatedm she cursed Menthe into a plant. Hades, pitying Menthe, gave her an aromatic scent and the plant is nowadays knowns as the mint.
Interpret (tell me why you think the poet wants to use such images)As such, a sense of gloom permeates the writing.
The last two stanzas are the darkest, and ultimately appear to put some type of closure on Plath’s life. She obviously believes that she killed her father when she was ten years old, stating that “if I’ve killed one man, I’ve killed
Marjane Satrapi was a young independent girl, strongly reliant on her own decisions and logic. However, throughout the novel “Persepolis” she is greatly impacted by many different women in her life. These women helped her develop her character and built her to be stronger and wiser. Women such as her grandmother, the maid, her school teachers and her very compelling mother have helped her to evolve into an independent, ambitious and quite intelligent lady. Throughout this powerful novel displayed by comic strips, Marji never releases her roots and she stays true to herself. This is due to the influence these women had on her.
The perception of blood as a life force permeates the novel, echoing in the words and
In the book, “The Complete Persepolis” written by Marjane Satrapi every woman had a prescribed role. The role of Marji’s maid was to show that social class differences do exist and to show what happens within these social class differences. Marji’s mother’s role was to support Marji and make sure that she was well off, while her grandmother’s role was also to support her and give her words of wisdom. Her school teachers’ role was to make sure that the female children, attending the school, wore their veils, while the guardians of the revolution’s role were to arrest females that were improperly veiled. The younger Marji’s role was to show us how the Iranian Revolution/ the mandatory wearing of the veil affected
Blood is essential to every human beings survival. It is a fluid circulating throughout the body that carries nutrients and oxygen to the tissues in exchange for life and if this was somehow lost then the life would also be lost. It represents life, death, and injury. It is an essential part of life. Without it, we would not live. As a symbol and major theme in Macbeth, Blood is used most often to represent injury and death, but also life. In Macbeth, he uses blood to represents impurity. Shakespeare often accompanies the image of water with the image of blood. The water represents cleansing and purity.
The use of the word ‘blood’ contains the recoiling images of horror and disgust that are associated with it. However within the play ‘Macbeth’, blood is also
This woman, as well as the night, contains opposite features within her. "And all that's best of dark and bright / Meet in her aspect and her eyes" (lines 3-4 Norton 556). The joining of these opposite forces can be associated with internal aspects of this woman. Although this poem begins with a description of a woman walking, there are not any images of her body. Byron continuously refers to her hair and face. "One shade the more, one ray the less, / Had half impair'd the nameless grace / which waves in every raven tress, / Or softly lightens o'er her face;" (lines 7-10 Norton). Again, the combination of opposite forces, "shade" and "ray", used to create balance in this woman. If the woman were any different, she would be less perfect. His use
Blood represents life, death and often injury. It is an essential part of life, and without blood, we could not live. In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the symbol of blood to represent treachery, murder and death. The word "blood", or different forms of it, appear numerous times throughout the play. Interestingly, the symbol of blood changes throughout the play, corresponding to the atmosphere and mood changes in the characters and the play.
The third, and most often use of the symbol blood, is in reference to the theme of guilt. This use was hinted at earlier when Lady Macbeth made sure that no blood was found on either her or Macbeth. Macbeth hints at his guilt and his wish to be absolved from sin when he says, "Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand"(II.ii.78)? Once again, blood is used as a
The Viewers have known blood to all of us to represent life, death and often injury. Blood is an essential part of life and without blood, we could not live. This is known to everyone, and because of this, when Shakespeare uses the imagery of blood to represent treason, guilt, murder and death. The audience have easily understands it and fits it in perfectly with the ideas we have of blood. Blood is the most prominent and seems to be the most important imagery of Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’.
You may begin by commenting on the different definitions available for ideology in general as well as the theory of feminism. Feminism is discussed in this course as an example of modern theories and is often associated with the issue of ideology. Your discussion should refer to the discussion of these terms as well as the major elements connected to them (e.g. gender, écriture feminine, patriarchy, etc.). In your analysis of the poem you may want to ask questions concerning Plath’s personal life and her relationship to male figures in her family. Do you read the poem as a personal or a political poem? Would you characterize Plath as a feminist poet? Always
By just reading Sylvia Plath’s works of writing, it is apparent that she had an infatuation with portraying negative and brutal thoughts. For example, her poem “Daddy,” she clearly expresses her rage towards her deceased father. The poem is full of contradiction and the interpretation is up the reader. Pieces like this gives insight into Sylvia’s mental sanity, which was questioned at times. In her early