Monday, January 20, 2020
Comparing Carol Ann Duffys Havisham and Robert Brownings The Laborato
Comparing Carol Ann Duffy's Havisham and Robert Browning's The Laboratory In the poem ââ¬Å"Havishamâ⬠, Carol Ann Duffy presents the subject as an old, embittered woman with ââ¬Å"ropes on the back of her handsâ⬠. In ââ¬Å"The Laboratoryâ⬠by Robert Browning the subject is a strong and determined, but very jealous and embittered, young woman. Both poems are written in the first person in the form of a dramatic monologue. Carol Ann Duffy writes about the feelings of rejection, isolation and desolation that a woman who has been jilted at the alter by her husband might feel. I think that feelings such as this in both of the poems have been based on either literature or historical events, for example ââ¬Å"Havishamâ⬠was most likely based on Miss Havisham, a rich lady in the novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and ââ¬Å"The Laboratoryâ⬠was probably influenced by the celebrated French murderess (who has been said to have poisoned her family). Oxymoronic phrases are used throughout the poem ââ¬Å"Havishamâ⬠such as ââ¬Å"Beloved Sweetheart Bastardâ⬠and ââ¬Å"Loveââ¬â¢s/hateâ⬠to express the ambivalence that this woman ...
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