Aunt Jennifer is symbolic of women as a whole rather than one individual. However, Adrienne Rich seems to distance herself from the image of Aunt Jennifer by placing Aunt Jennifer in a separate generation from herself. ... The structure of Aunt Jennifer's Tigers consists of the first stanza, which is about the proud tigers, the second stanza, which is about terrified Aunt Jennifer, and the third stanza, which refers first to Aunt Jennifer and then to the tigers. ... Although the tigers are above the men, Aunt Jennifer is pinned down, as is evident by the fact that, "Uncle's wedd...

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Essay on "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" by Adrienne Rich Adrienne Rich's "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" tells us a story about a woman, Aunt Jennifer, and her struggles with marriage and perhaps her role in the society of her time. ... In the first stanza, the teller's thoughts first introduce us to Aunt Jennifer's dreams. In the second stanza, we are introduced to the reality of Aunt Jennifer's world. ... The third stanza talks to a time after Aunt Jennifer is dead. ... The needlework is Aunt Jennifer silent legacy. ...

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Those same words accompany the hidden life of Aunt Jennifer. ... The art hints towards a potential carefree spirit dwelling within Aunt Jennifer. ... The formal aesthetics of "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" is very recognizable. ... The style and format of the poem is symbolic of Aunt Jennifer's reality. ... The second stanza introduces a suppressed Aunt Jennifer. ...

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The poem, "Aunt Jennifer's Tiger", by Adrienne Rich, is a poem about woman who is struggling to accept the indignities of her daily life, while focusing on attaining some sense of immortality once her life ends. Aunt Jennifer must find a way to deal with her unhappy and submissive place in life, and she does so by sewing exciting and memorable works of art. ... The tigers Aunt Jennifer creates are beasts demanding respect, even from their predators. This demand for respect is something that Aunt Jennifer is incapable of doing for herself. ... I agree with this conclusion; however, I fee...

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In the first stanza Aunt Jennifer is introduced in the third person. ... These are not traits that would fall under describing Aunt Jennifer. The poem does not refer to Aunt Jennifer as an individual but rather as women as a whole by placing Aunt Jennifer in a separate generation from herself. Aunt Jennifer is weighted down by her husband. ... In "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" Aunt Jennifer portrayed her wishes of being independent of her husband and society itself. ...

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Adrienne Rich uses a variation of situational irony in her beautifully written poem "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers". ... The poet skillfully structures the poem in a way where each stanza gradually builds toward revealing the reality of Aunt Jennifer's life and the irony behind her art. ... Contrary to the first stanza's tone, Aunt Jennifer's contrasting melancholic life is made apparent in the second stanza. ... The final stanza serves to emphasize the irony between Aunt Jennifer and her tigers, tying together their contrasting realities. ... It is then the reader real...

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Similarly the poem "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" revolves around the character of Aunt Jennifer whose lack of freedom is denoted by the tigers she creates. ... Aunt Jennifer is "mastered by" burdens she has no control over. ... The poem "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers," is analyzed to demonstrate the changes in Rich's way of writing. Rich wrote "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" in 1951, while she was a student. ... Rich uses the character of Aunt Jennifer who does not break from the accepted roles of society. ...

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In her poem, "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" (1951), she describes Aunt Jennifer as a burdened woman who has a lot of ordeals in life. ... The tigers represent Rich's poetry, because in her poem it says "that even after Aunt Jennifer is dead, the tigers that she created will go on." ... When I go back to her first poem, "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers," I can see how in her subconscious she was determined to leave a mark on the world through her writing. ...

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Three of her poems, "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers", "Snapshots of a Daughter-In-Law", and "Planetarium" were written at different spans of her life. ... The first poem I want to look at by Rich is "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers" (1951). ... She wrote in the conventional way of that time because she feared the response of the males in and outside her life; at the same time she speaks of Aunt Jennifer as a woman who conforms to society and thus to a man...

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For instance, Rich talks about when she wrote "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers- (1951). ... An example would be "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers- (1951). ... "Aunt Jennifer's tigers stride across a screen, Bright topaz denizens of a world of green- (632). ...

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Three of her poems,Aunt Jennifer's Tigers?... The first poem I want to look at by Rich isAunt Jennifer's Tigers? ... She wrote in the conventional way of that time because she feared the response of the males in and outside her life; at the same time she speaks of Aunt Jennifer as a woman who conforms to society and thus to a man. ...I'm startled because beneath the conscious craft are glimpses of the split I even then experienced between the girl who wrote poems, who defined herself in writing poems, and the girl who was to define herself by her relationships with men? ...

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A relationship is considered to be two people in love. When a relationship is formed, a set of unauthorized vows are given. Trust, love, honor and obey are some of those vows. A relationship is broken because one of those vows are not taken into consideration. When two people separate and no longer ...

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This is evident in the novel, A Gathering Light, by Jennifer Donnelly set in the rural Adirondacks in 1906. ... Jennifer Donnelly uses simile in likening words with shining, luxurious pearls and symbolism to represent Mattie's mother's support of Mattie's dreams and her love of learning as a legacy. ... However, when she asks her Aunt Josie for a loan of money to 'study literature' "Aunt Josie's smile slid off her face like ice off a tin roof" this use of simile shows how even Aunt Josie, a woman in this patriarchal society, frowns upon Mattie's dr...

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Fear The summer after my freshman year in high school, I left Las Vegas to live with my Aunt, my Uncle, and my two cousins, RJ and Jennifer. My parents were going through a difficult divorce so I chose to stay out of it. I knew when I went out there my life was going to be a lot different. I a...

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Deneke's girlfriend, Jennifer Hix, told a reporter what she saw the night of the murder. ... His aunt and uncle read a letter from a family of two elementary age boys who met Brian at a restaurant. ...

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When the situation at home was too volatile child G would often be left with a grandparent or Aunt. ... He states that his children-Jennifer Kelley, a child psychiatrist, and Peter, an Associate Professor in pain medicine at Johns Hopkins-were the first children raised systematically within behaviorism. ...

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• Has Bibliography
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