Havisham

The ideas the Duffy is trying to convey is the idea the heart brake and physiological damage of a relationship g single(a) corrupt and by a wedding day that was a- boarded ND the devastating impact on the bride who was left standing on her possess embarrassed and humiliated by the failure of her beloved to show up. The idea of society expectation has as well shrouded upon her since she cant even leave her own house since she is paranoid about society expectation of a classic adult female.Society expects a wo valet to find a man and get married and get hold of children and by her non fulfilled societys expectation she has failed at spiritednesss virtue for a woman therefore having a unworthy life by living as a old maid flower and wasting away thou a husband. Another idea conveyed is the effect of to a fault being alone without a partner a lover to deal out your life with. This is reflected by Ms Having who has always 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 mind destroyed their entire life.The poem is titled Having and not Miss Having. Why? The poem Is titled Having opposed to Miss Having since she doesnt have the honor being labeled a miss due to turning Into a complete monster. She Is not a lady , shes not proper or has the correct virtue for a typical ladles life. She Is an old hag who has wasted away and is no occasion more than to be called a spinster. Having creates a harsh , violent and bold statement reflecting her and everything hes become.Where as Miss creates a peaceful , calm and relaxed tone and doesnt reflect her at all. What do you think the poem gains from the images of violence in it? The poem advances with Images of violence from the textual matter since it creates an image of his woman and the bound of her despair and trashed life that took a turn Off cliff and died. The metaphors and imagery shown In the text such as so hard Vive d ark green pebbles for eyes really gets the audience an Intense Image and shows how she hardened from the Inside and has nothing provided venom filled In her veins. Opposition. The feelings of Ms Having ar mixed due to the confusion inside and the baffling shes had to deal with to come to terms with the tragedy. The feeling inhabit o darted and evil towards this man shown by means of wished him dead hating this man so much to the extend she wished death upon him. Feeling stretching to her love for him expressed minimally for example Beloved sweetheart showing a more inmate and loving tone.Then creating a more somber tone with the loneliness she has by herself bust me a male corpse for a long slow honeymoon showing the extend that she wants 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 reason for these binary opposite is since that is what we as humans feel mixed emotions , churned up together cre ating confusion fore her and us. Sometimes 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 years and that they good-tempered could get married and have a fulfilled life together. This is similarly 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 extremity does the poem reflect a feminist agenda, or even Duffy own feelings at the time of writing? 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 whitened veil here the feminist agenda is reflected is the quote since it undermines the institution of arraig n 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 order of events. Beloved sweetheart bastard. The man she describes was someone special but soon 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 deep seated longing for change. The imagery of her eyes being like Dark green pebbles hints to the hardness of stone but also the green is jealousy.She has become trapped by obsession thinking, prayi ng and waiting for her fiance. The word Spinster is a one word sentence, almost spat out in distaste. Havisham describes her condition I stink and remember the words refer to her smell from wearing 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 wedding dress is described as yellowing as she questions how she has ended up in this situation. The final exam 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 moment it as if she is still with her lover, but the strong words bite awake describe the gnawing pain of having lost a loved one. The dream is only a dream and life is difficult to live with.Love is personified and the narrator describes herself as Loves hate behind a white veil Love enjoys hurting her and again this is emphasised with her explanation 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 only 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 bungle when she talks about how a heart b-b-b-breaks 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.