Teenage girls in the 1980’s where treated as if they where garbage compared to the men, men didn’t really care about the feeling of women, most situations the females where just used for the males enjoyment. a quote showing this is,” he muttered little slag” this shows that the male has no respect for her as he thinks of her no more than a slag who goes around with people, just because she’s with him. The societies view on underage pregnancy was that they thought women who would get pregnant before they where married they where talked about as if they had committed a crime, most people would just look down at females who had been pregnant, the male who would have got the female pregnant wasn’t ever spoken about only the woman would be talked about, a quote to represent this is,’ the neighbours whisper that,’ you always looked the type’. This quote shows that most people think that the female is a slut just because she got pregnant but they don’t really find the time to figure how she got pregnant, making conclusions without finding out what’s happened.
The poet represents the male in the poem as being rude, ignorant and someone who does not care or have any respect for women he only wants to use them for sex, a quote to show he has no respect for women is, “where I go, by myself, with me dads magazines and a bag filled with shimmering, sweet paint thinner”, this shows he likes to get high on paint fumes, and likes to read his dads adult magazines showing he don’t have respect for woman also that the dad gives him the magazines at such a young age, this shows that the dad’s attitude towards love and women is that he doesn’t love women for who they are but would go for the looks,and that’s what he is showing his son, so the son will also pick up on this. A quote to show that he doesn’t care about the girls feelings is, ‘she giggled, drunk and nervous, and he muttered,’ little slag’. This shows that he really doesn’t have any respect for the female; he thinks of her nothing less than an object or a slag. McCauley’s view on men in relationships is that they only want sex, a quote to show this is, ‘as he brought her more drinks, so she fell in love’, this shows that he only wants to get her drunk so he can have sex with her, he is taking advantage of her by making her drunk. The message which the female in this poem wants to give to the readers is that men don’t consider the consequences which they might leave for the female to face after they have slept with them, also she that females around the 1980’s were not really tought about any of the dangers of having sex with total strangers or told about how to keep away in some certain situations.
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The poem ‘Cousin Kate’ was set in the 1800s in the countryside. The poem is about a maiden who has spent most of her life in the country side with her cottage mates, then when the lord (prince) lures her to his palace home he has sex with her, when he is done he starts to like her cousin, but the cousin doesn’t want to have sex so he marries her. Then the narrator is left on her ones with the son of hers and the lords. The poem is similar to ‘The Seduction’, because in both the stories the men are using woman for sex and then betraying them. The narrative structure is used because it’s telling you a story from the female’s perspective, showing her feelings and thoughts.
The narrator is presented by the poet as being a dove (pure) at the start of the story but at the end she is portrayed as a unclean thing, a quote showing this is, “so now I mean an unclean thing”, so after she’s had sex she isn’t a virgin making her impure, but that isn’t said about the male in the story. Because ‘Cousin Kate’ didn’t have sex with the lord before marriage she is considered as pure. In the 1800’s it was considered as not being pure and clean because you were not supposed to have sex before marriage, it was seen as a wrong thing then but now it is a common thing to not be a virgin and getting married. The narrator after the affair is portrayed as a happy mother, a quote showing this is “yet I’ve a gift you’ve not got and seen not like to get”, this shows that she is happy to have a baby where as her cousin doesn’t have a baby making the narrator bragging in front of her cousin.
The neighbours in ‘Cousin Kate’, think that young women who get pregnant have no respect and don’t care about other people and what is going to happen in the future, they also think that its impure to not be a virgin before marriage, a quote showing this is,” the neighbours call you good and pure, call me a out cast thing”. This is similar to the poem seduction because in the poem seduction the girl has sex with the boy, the boy leaves her just like the lord and then the neighbours say that she always looked the type, a quote to represent this is,” than to have the neighbours whisper that ‘ you always looked the type’. This shows that in both the poems the neighbours have the same thoughts.
‘Cousin Kate’ is presented in the poem as pure and good, ‘Cousin Kate’ is treated differently from the narrator because she didn’t have sex with the lord before marriage unlike the narrator. In the 1980’s because of the social rules, if you were a female you where not to have sex before marriage, a quote to represent this are,” even so I sit and howl in the dust; you sit in gold and sing’. This quote is showing that ‘Cousin Kate’ is sitting on gold because she is married to a rich man and will get whatever she wants, where as the narrator is sitting on dust because she is impure so no one will want to have a relationship with her because she is not a virgin any more like ‘Cousin Kate’ is.
The lord in the poem ‘Cousin Kate’ is presented as a person who uses woman just to have sex with and uses them for his own personal pleasure, he choose Kate because she was pure and she didn’t want to have sex with him before marriage, the narrator is being used for his personal use, a quote to show this is,” his play thing and his love, he wore me like a silken knot, he changed me like a glove”, a simile is used in this text (he wore me like a silken knot ) this is showing that he used her like a object when he wanted her he just wore her and when he didn’t he took her off and left her. The male in ‘Cousin Kate’ never thought about the females feelings because he used his money and power to take control over them and play with their feelings and emotions.
The poets view on rich men in the 1800’s is that they only want one thing off women is sex. They really didn’t care about any ones feelings except there own and that were very ignorant. The narrator thinks it’s not fair the way society are stricter and harsher on women’s sexuality because women’s punishments where much stricter than the punishments which the males were given. Woman who left the relationship had to live alone and be called a spinster whereas the males could get married again and make a new family so the female had a greater punishment than the male which she finds is unfair and sexist. The courts were stricter on women because they thought women had no rights and men were the leaders of everything, where as now men and women are equal and are, treated the same. The male was in control of the relationship because he decided what happens in the relationship and what goes on between them. Rossetti wants us to feel sympathy for the female because she had been used for sex and she cannot do anything about it except for living alone her howl life.
This poem was originated and found in the New Testament books of Matthew (Chapter 14.6-11) and marks (6.22-28), and took place about AD 30.
The poem Salome by Carol Ann Duffy is about the character Salome who is a powerful woman who is in control of everyone she has sex with, a quote to show this is, “Good looking of course dark hair, rather mattered”, this is showing that she choose who she wanted to have sex with where as in the other poems the males would choose which females they want to have sex with, this also shows that she can get any man she wants, but she still wants the best and just wants to use him for sex because she thinks a lot of herself. In the poem she is portrayed as promiscuous as a slut a quote to portray my evidence is,” cut out the booze and the fags and the sex’. This shows that she’s used to having sex and being drunk. The language structure is different in this poem because she uses rhyming this gives a hard harsh tone to the poem. A quote to show this is ‘clatter, clutter, patter, batter. Her attitude is different to the modern times because in the poem Salome only wants to have sex with anyone she wants and she don’t really care about her body. Salome’s view is different to any of the other poems, a quote showing this is, “strange what what’s his name? Peter?” this shows that she doesn’t care who she has sex with and that she doesn’t even know the name where as the women in the other poems know who they’re having sex with well at least are worried, but Salome is calm like it’s a normal thing for her. Now the attitude towards sex is like a normal thing to talk about because it’s always in magazines TV where as talking about it before would have been socially wrong.
The male in the poem is represented as being innocent because he doesn’t really know what’s going on, a quote showing this is, “ a beautiful crimson mouth that obvious knew”, this shows that the female is using the male for sex.
The male in this poem is much different from the males in the other poems because he doesn’t know what’s happening and is innocent because he didn’t really love her and she’s taken him for her own personal use. In the other poems the females had sex because they loved the men or they where tricked but in this poem it’s totally different because she knows what she’s doing and at the end of the poem she cuts his head.
The poets attitude towards sex, alcohol and violence in the modern society is that it’s a natural thing for The society, its casual because they are used to this type of thing, and having sex is much more casual than the 1800’s, and example of this is,” ‘I’d done it before and doubtless I’ll do it again, sooner or later’, so she’s probably had sex and murdered the males many times before. The poet is also showing that it doesn’t always have to be the male who uses the other sex for their own personal use.
The poem ‘To His Coy Mistress’ was written around the 1600’s, at that time girls weren’t allowed to have sex before marriage, that’s why the male in this poem was getting impatient to live this carpe approach to life. This shows that he only wants to have sex with the female as soon as possible, but she wants to take her time to think it through so she doesn’t make a wrong decision, but he keeps getting impatient with her, a quote showing this is,” Two hundred to adore each breast, but thirty thousand to the rest”, this shows that he’s adoring her breasts and doesn’t really care about her, and just wants her because of her body. The female is coy because she hasn’t had sex before and probably wouldn’t want to give her virginity to someone who she doesn’t know that well. The attitude towards sex in the 1600’s was that sex wasn’t for pleasure, it shouldn’t be recreational.
The male in the poem is represented as a man who just wants women for one thing which is sex, in the poem to succeed in getting the girl he uses lyrics to make himself sound more romantic and flow full. This is quite effective because females tend to like romantic poems and songs, in the other poems the men would use words to seduce the women. A quote showing this is,” My vegetable love should grow faster than empires and more slow”, this shows that the poet wants their relationship to grow gradually and while time goes by it will get stronger. The male in this poem is quite different from the other males, because he wants to keep the relationship after the sex but he still, wants her for sex. In the first stanza he is quite romantic, but in the second stanza he treats the female differently, he’s saying that if they don’t have sex now shell turn old and she wouldn’t be beautiful like she is now so then no one would like her and shell be lonely all her life. The attitude that is given about sex at that time was that the girl was being forced and been told that if she don’t have sex no one else will consider her beauty.
The message the poet might be trying to give is that, females shouldn’t be used for sex, the males and females should know each other and have pleasure instead of the male getting all the pleasure, also that you don’t have all the time in the world, you should enjoy yourself and do what you want. The cope Diem approach to life is that just have sex for pleasure because you don’t have your howl life to have sex with someone. Around the time 1600 people were starting to prove that the earth isn’t the centre of the universe and philosophies that contradicted the bible view of humanity made some people become atheist and not believing in God.
The poem ‘I want to be yours’ by the poet John Cooper Clark, it is set in the 1980’s like the poem ‘The Seduction’. The poem is about a male poet writing about a female who he likes and wants to protect. He shows this by wanting writing a poem about everyday items which she relies on and he wants to be them.
The male in the poem is presented as being kind and polite. In the poem he wants to be the female’s everyday items, he is represented as being very romantic and that he wants to be around the female his howl life, unlike some of the males I have gone through in the poems. The poem is made up of many metaphors comparing himself to objects, a quote showing this is,” I want to be your raincoat for those frequent rainy days”, this metaphor shows that he wants to protect her from anything that might happen like a rain coat protects you from getting wet, from the littlest of littlest thing. the male only wants to express his feelings and thoughts to show that he loves her a quote to show this is,” I want to be your ford catrina I will never rust.” this shows that he wants to be where ever she goes and never wants to hurt her. In the poem he uses lyrics to make it sound more romantic and to make her believe that he loves her so much. In the poem he wants to express how he feels for her and nothing more, a quote to show this is,” let me be your teddy bear take me with you anywhere”, this metaphor shows that he wants to protect her from danger, like when a child holds on to his teddy bear when its scared at night, that how he wants to hold on to her and take care of her protecting her. The male is much different from the other males in the other poems because he really loves her and doesn’t want their relationship to be about sex but about her and her feelings. Where as in all the other poems the males didn’t really care about the females feelings or how they felt. They just want to have sex with them for their own pleasure and use them.
The poets view and attitude towards females is that you shouldn’t use females for sex and for your own pleasure, but you should want to care about the female’s feelings and want to understand them. Just like in the poem the male doesn’t think of her as an object where as he wants to be the object for her.
Structure
The two poems that are ‘‘The Seduction’’ and ‘‘Cousin Kate’’ the females in both poems are compared the same because both the females are used for sex and pleasure by the males and after they have sex, they leave the women, they are then taunted by their neighbours and family about how they got pregnant by a stranger. In both stories the males are also represented the same because they first seduce the female into having sex then after their done with them they leave them.
Language
In the four poems ‘The Seduction’, ‘Cousin Kate’, ‘To His Coy Mistress’ and ‘I want to be yours’ uses similes to represent the males and females. In the poem ‘‘The Seduction’’ the use similes such as,’ The Mersey, as green as the septic wounds’ this shows that the place where the male took the female to wasn’t such a pleasant place to be, its describing wounds when they get infected and start to go bad and green, saying the place is like that. Another simile that is used is,” “She ripped up all her Bliss and Cosmo Girl magazines until they looked like glossy pieces of confetti strewn across the carpet”, this is showing a confetti where really confetti’s are used at happy occasions. In the poem ’I Wanna Be Yours’’ the poet similarly used a lot of metaphors like ‘Cousin Kate’ to show how their love.
In the poem ‘Cousin Kate’ the author uses many different language, such as metaphors, a quote showing this is,” your love was writ in sand” this quote shows how Kate’s cousin felt about Kate’s love towards the great lord. She wasn’t really pleased with so she’s giving a harsh tone.
In the poem ‘To His Coy Mistress’ the writer changes the tone of the poem from positive to negative, a quote showing a positive attitude is “My vegetable love should grow” this quote is showing how he loves her and wants there love to grow. The language of the two stories Salome and ‘The Seduction’ are kind of the same, an example of this is, ’isn’t life a bitch”. This shows the negativity going in the poems because the females swearing.
In the poem ‘I Wanna Be Yours’ the narrator uses a lyrical way to show himself making him sound much more romantic than any of the other poems. The poem is much more positive and doesn’t have any swearing or negativity,” ‘I don’t wanna be hers, I wanna to be yours” this is showing that he doesn’t only want sex, he wants to be hers.
Conclusion
The males in the poems ‘The Seduction’ ‘Cousin Kate’, and ‘To His Coy Mistress’ are similar because they all just want sex from the females and that they are just using them for their own pleasure. In ‘The Seduction’ the male is trying to get the female drunk so he can take advantage of her and have sex with her, because she doesn’t really know about drinking. In the poem ‘Cousin Kate’ it shows that he only used her for his own pleasure and that he treats her like a object, a quote showing this is,” his play thing and his love, he wore me like a silken knot, he changed me like a glove”, this shows that he didn’t care about her. In the poem ‘To His Coy Mistress’ the male is just desperate to have sex, but the female wants to take her time. in there it shows how he only wants sex because he’s talking about her eyes and then jumps straight to her breasts, this indicates that he only wants sex with her. whereas in the poems Salome and I want to be yours are different because the male in Salome is the one who gets used by the female where as in all the other poems it’s the males taking advantage over the females, in I want to be yours the male isn’t after sex he wants to spend his entire life with the female, and he shows how much he really cares about her. So out of all the poems the male who actually like the female and just didn’t want her for sex was in, I want to be yours.
the females is the poems ‘The Seduction’ and ‘Cousin Kate’ are similar because they both get led on by the males and they are only seen as sexual objects, when they get pregnant the males leave them and their left on their own to face the consequences which the males have put in front of them. They are firstly virgins and then when there not they are treated differently as if they are impure now. A quote showing this is,” And on that day, she broke her heels of her white shoes”, this represented her virginity and her pureness, when the heels where broken it showed that she has lost her virginity making her unclean. In the poem Salome its different because the female is in control and in power of the male where as the males in the other poems where in control and he would use the females for sex and his own pleasure, but in the poem Salome it’s the total opposite also that she is in control because she chooses the guys that she wants to have sex with and that she uses them as objects.
