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How Does Carol Ann Duffy Presents Violence?

How Does Carol Ann Duffy Presents Violence?

Introduction

In the poem of Mrs. Lazarus, the narrator is the woman named Mrs. Lazarus who is a widow and tells her story of her life in the poem. She had been through a very tough time of grief and mourning in widowhood. Duffy presents the character of woman in her poem describing her scream, mourning and tears at the burial stones but she gradually recovered from the shock subsequent to bereavement until she felt his presence that has gone (Lewison, 2012, pp. a1-3).

Stealing by Carol Ann Duffy is the poem explained in the first person, the narrator who is described as a thief. This poem was published in the year 1980 when the problem of unemployment was well known in England. The narrator explains that the first unusual thing that he ever stole was a snowman. The object “snowman” represents that the person is not really materialistic and that the object that he stole had no material value (Lea and Schoene, 2003, pp. 121-130).

Duffy's poetry indicates that they are not close political and social issues and topics such as AIDS, war, minorities, and unemployment and child abuse are the main literary themes found in her stories. Duffy studied simultaneously in the language of the roots of their origin and identity so personal poems always treat political issues, such as migration or political minorities. The indifference to the social and mental problems of the people is the real big issue that is identified by the poet.

Discussion

The story of Mrs. Lazarus reveal that she tried to recover from the death of her husband and start her new life by thinking that her husband is a legend and a memory. Where Duffy emphasizes the power of language and its structure perception management role, her poems are undoubtedly the strongest. There, it is seen as virtuous voice artist, and this mastery it again has made a critical and independent voice beyond postmodern arbitrariness or Arrested sensual awareness. Where it breaks with their own distance and irony threatens to cast their poems too educational. But usually holds Duffy by the oscillation between the poles of knowledge and misdirection. And that makes it one of the most prominent and important poets in the English speaking voices.

The character of Mrs. Lazarus represents that being a widow; she is a brave, bold, strong and loyal towards her role as a wife. She tries to survive after facing the suffering of grieve and horror of the shock of her husband. The focus of the poem is on stones as a mean of physical presence which represents the character of Mrs. Lazarus's own coldness and isolation. The unwelcoming event that she had been going through, has given her pain and sufferings which she has to take along in living her life. Her physical pain has high affected the mental ability and control over her emotions (Woods, 2012, ...