Compare how death is presented in Hitcher and one poem by Carol Ann Duffy. B) Compare how death is presented in The Laboratory by Robert Browning and one other pre-1914 poem.

death,‘’I dropped it into thirdAnd leant across’’Armitage creates a sense of calmness from the speaker who almost seems to be boasting of his driving skills. In addition, the abrupt movement of the speaker is illustrated by the enjambment. The 16th line has a sinister tone to it, as the calm movement marks the soon to be death of the hitcher. The word ‘’across’’ can imply the soft personality of the hitch hiker and his vulnerability as he does not rebel against his death. The death of the hitcher is presented in the running lines to expose the movement. I believe that Armitage is trying to explain to readers through the running lines that the speaker causes death on a regular basis due to his calm chilling movements which is ironic as the stress at work does not intervene with the enjoyment (sadistic) of killing. Language used to present death in Havisham is envious, ‘’dark green pebbles for eyes’’. The connotations of ‘’dark green’’ can imply her dark jealousy. This can also suggest that she may envy other women with successful marriages, in which those married women can possibly become potential enemies who would become victims of death alongside men. This metaphor can imply that she has been thinking of several techniques of death, that she now has no feelings and has become as wild as an animal. This also reveals her sadistic personality. Likewise, in ‘Hitcher’ language is used to reveal the cause of the hitcher’s death, ‘’The ansaphone kept screaming’’. According to this pathetic fallacy of the ‘’ansaphone’’ which is written in a Scottish dialect (suggesting the location) may imply the stress at work in which he chooses to ignore. ‘’screaming’’ which is an onomatopoeia which connotes that the speaker ignored the calls. Some may interpret this as him ignoring the calls due to a heavy conscience of other deaths hanging on his shoulders, which affects him at work. Due to the frustration and being ‘’fired’’ it is evident to say that the speaker is in no position to be in the presence of others company, as he may likely turn to crime due to unemployment. Armitage’s social wider issue is suggesting that work can make an individual stressed which results into negative behaviour, also unemployment rates are high and so is crime rates which may have a link. Havisham’s attitude towards men is not positive therefore criminal thoughts run into her veins, ‘’Bang.’’. This one word sentence truly expresses her feelings. The devastation of her love, possibly expectations from others all exploding into her face, leaving her humiliated and determined to send someone to death. On the other hand, some may argue that the one word sentence which features onomatopoeia, may highlight her feelings of making sure the death is quick, but with the onomatopoeia it shall be effective and painful. I feel that Duffy sums-up Havisham’s feelings into one word, which can also suggest her explosion of exerting her desire to kill. Unlike ‘Havisham’, Hitcher, shows excitement and no remorse in the involvement of the hitcher’s death, similar behaviour as the speaker from Robert Browning’s poem ‘’The Laboratory’’, ‘’you can walk from there’’. This disgusting line highlights the character’s sadistic non-remorse persona, which would shock the reader. This revels the speaker’s attitude to death, as he remembers ‘’thinking’’ which can also imply his mid set, which can imply the he has a ‘mental problem’, in which forces him to behave in a certain manner. However, some readers may argue that his ability to think reveals that he is deliberately commit crime with his involvement in death. This non-remorse attitude shows how the speaker seems to possibly commit crime due to boredom like the speaker from ‘’stealing’’.To conclude, I feel that Armitage’s moral to his poem is significant and one to fully understand and learn from, as his poem is trying to look out four our safety and keep us away from criminals who would likely to be the reason of our death. Therefore, my views mirror Armitage’s as it regards our safety during travelling. However, Duffy’s view on death is rather negative, as she may feel that women in the Victorian era, who have been deceived, deserve severe revenge on their enemy, including others who are similar (e.g. gender). I go against her views, as she stereotypes all men due to one person’s unhappiness- a whole gender does not need to pay! B) In ‘’The Laboratory’’ (by Robert Browning) we see a twisted character, who demands for death to be ‘bestowed’ on her previous lover and his mistress. As during the 1845’s women were not given many rights and were insignificant, therefore we see this speaker rebel against these rules and take severe action. Whereas, in ‘On my first sonne’ by Ben Johnson we see a tragic death presented in a positive way, as the death of a son is to envy his new life (after death). This poem can be seen to help today parents as its depressing words can somehow console parents who experienced a loss- to understand the position their late child is in now to have escaped ‘’fleshes rage’’.Language in the laboratory, is very peculiar, as the speaker’s broken feelings and excited feelings both project the description of the poison, ‘’soft like the phial’s’’. This simile describes the look in which the speaker demands for. As this imagery compares death to jewels, which truly highlights the importance her creation has to her. It can also be seen as her trying to make it as beautiful as possible, in order to appeal to her enemy, who will be a victim of death. The beauty of the poison contradicts its content. I think that Browning is comparing death to beauty as in some ways she may she may be hiding her soft persona, as she rebels against the conventional behaviour of women during that particular era-stepping out of her comfort zone. Likewise, in ‘On my fist sonne’ Johnson uses a metaphor to compare both of his dearest creations, ‘’best piece of poetrie’’. Some may argue that his son is the best piece of ‘’poetrie’’ others perceive this metaphor in literal terms. I think that this metaphor refers to both: poems and his late son, as it becomes hard for him to let his son go he feels that his talent should escape too, as possibly his poetrie is inspired by his son. Therefore, Johnson is bidding ‘’Farewell’’ to the two aspects of his life which ‘died’, and he is possibly burying both of these creations as one. The excited tone in Browning’s sadistic poem can reflect the structure of the poem as varies line lengths is seen. We can assume that the speaker is excited to create death, as she is moving with the motion of the lethal poison, as she stirs. However, some readers may see this as the speaker re-telling the story, in which the death has been a successful mission. We may assume this, as we do not get a full conclusion in the last stanza. The varies line lengths may imply her joy and content behaviour to her victory of conflicting death on her enemies. Whereas, in Johnson’s sombre poem, which is supposed to be a sonnet (conventionally 14 lines) is missing two lines. The loss of the last two lines in this elegy can be symbolic of the speaker’s son’s death, in which it has been cut of; he was too young to die. It can also be interpreted as the second line being the death of his talent. This makes readers sympathise, as he indicates the amount of death he has seen. I believe that Johnson is trying to receive sympathy from the reader as he breaks the convention of a sonnet, as he no longer is able to continue to pour out his envious thaughts.