Havisham

The whims the Duffy is trying to convey is the stem the heart brake and physiological damage of a relationship gone corrupt and by a marriage ceremony day that was a- boarded ND the devastate impact on the bride who was left standing on her own humiliated and humiliated by the failure of her beloved to show up. The idea of union expectation has also shrouded upon her since she cornerstonet even leave her own house since she is paranoiac about society expectation of a classic fair sex.Society expects a wo humanness to find a man and lose married and have children and by her not fulfilled societys expectation she has failed at biographys virtue for a woman therefore having a unworthy life by living as a spinster and cachexy away thou a husband. another(prenominal) idea conveyed is the effect of also macrocosm alone without a spouse a buffer to sh be your life with. This is reflected by Ms Having who has ever so been alone and never really had true love and the effects of that how our feelings can go to mutual hatred towards one person whom in their heed destroyed their entire life.The poem is titled Having and not Miss Having. wherefore? The poem Is titled Having opposed to Miss Having since she doesnt have the honor being labeled a miss due to turning Into a fill out monster. She Is not a lady , shes not proper or has the cleanse virtue for a typical ladles life. She Is an old hag who has wasted away and is no amour more than to be called a spinster. Having creates a harsh , fiery and bold state custodyt reflecting her and every social occasion hes set out.Where as Miss creates a peaceful , take root and relaxed tone and doesnt reflect her at all. What do you think the poem gains from the images of effect in it? The poem advances with Images of violence from the text since it creates an image of his woman and the extremity of her despair and trashed life that took a turn Off cliff and died. The metaphors and tomography shown In the tex t such as so hard Vive sick green pebbles for eyes really gives the audience an Intense Image and shows how she hard-bitten from the Inside and has nothing but venom filled In her veins. Opposition. The feelings of Ms Having are mixed due to the confusion inside and the baffling shes had to direct with to come to terms with the tragedy. The feeling consist o darted and evil towards this man shown finished wished him dead hating this man so much to the extend she wished conclusion upon him. Feeling stretching to her love for him expressed minimally for example passion sweetheart demo a more inmate and loving tone.Then creating a more somber tone with the loneliness she has by herself give me a male corpse for a long slow honeymoon showing the extend that she trusts someone this man so bad that she would replace him with a male corpse since she realizes that no man would ever want her. The close for these binary opposite is since that is what we as humans feel mixed emotio ns , churned up together creating confusion fore her and us. Some time the persona imagines the passionate times she could have had with her lover.Which part of the poem describes this? The poem describes the time she could have had with her lover are shown in many instances like the dress yellowing expressing that she has waited for him all these long time and that they still could get married and have a fulfilled life together. This is also shown through give me a male corpse for a long slow honey moon expressing that they had the opportunity to go on a beautiful honeymoon together.To what extent does the poem reflect a feminist agenda, or even Duffy own feelings at the time of piece? Address the attitudes and values conveyed. To a minimal extent the poem reflects a feminist agenda since the poem is directed towards her lover but is shown in some instances like loves hate behind a white soft palate here the feminist agenda is reflected is the quote since it undermines the insti tution of arraign and the idea that it is not worth it , a disappointment and alluding to gay and lesbian rights.Another references is shown through spinster since the meaning of the word is a old had and unmarried wasting away without a husband. Hence showing the inequality between men and woman since the term for a unmarried man is bachelor which is viewed in a positive light and being a good thing whereas woman are considered a disappointment by not get married therefore highlighting the feminist agenda.HavishamThe opening line portrays the establish of events. Beloved sweetheart bastard. The man she describes was someone special but curtly became someone she hated. She has longed for revenge as the reader is told, Not a day since then I havent wished for him dead. The words prayed also tie in with this kabbalistic seated longing for change. The imagery of her eyes being like opaque green pebbles hints to the hardness of stone but also the green is jealousy.She has become t rapped by obsession thinking, praying and waiting for her fiance. The word Spinster is a one word sentence, almost spat out in distaste. Havisham describes her specification I stink and remember the words refer to her smell from exhausting the same clothes but also the stench of the terrible thing that has happened to her. The events have changed her and there is real sadness and fear behind the words.Her marriage dress is described as yellowing as she questions how she has ended up in this situation. The final part of the previous stanza merges into this third verse and the disjointedness reflects Havishams own distress. This stanza hints that sometimes she can feel happy and when she is bed asleep for a aftermath it as if she is still with her lover, but the strong words bite wake up describe the gnawing incommode of having lost a loved one. The dream is moreover a dream and life is difficult to live with. have intercourse is personified and the cashier describes herself a s Loves hate behind a white veil Love enjoys hurting her and again this is emphasised with her description of the balloon bursting in my face. Balloons are supposed to be fun like love but in this instance it becomes something shocking ready to spoil her happiness. Havisham also describes at destroying her wedding cake, I stabbed at a wedding-cake. This describes not scarcely her pain, but the pain she would like to inflict on someone else.The imagery of a honeymoon is coupled with the words male corpse this also shows her unfeeling towards men. She doesnt want something living, she wants something dead. The very last word comes out in a bollocks when she talks about how a heart b-b-b- shifts this shows sadness and madness at the same time. When she talks about her heart not being the only one that is broken it reminds us of Pip from Great Expectations, shes been hurt and knows how to break a mans heart. In the case of Pip, she wanted to crush his dreams of gaining an education.