A03- Alfred Hitchcock-His 1960s film psycho involved Norman Bates
preserving his own mother. Based on Ed Gein (real life person). Plath
(disturbing imagery)-feminist poet - commenting on objectification and
the silencing, disenfranchising control of women.
Structure=Four stanzas each of three lines, all lines end stopped-
obsessive control. Tercets - desire for control.
Form= dramatic monologue. The narrator conveys themself as God-like.
They manipulate and control all things on earth-deification and
anthropomorphising. half rhyme "seal" "quail" - unsatisfactory, unsettling,
mirrors how only 1 person enjoys sexual experience. Unifying principle of
sound is a single rhyme running through poem mimicking the stitches
used to suture dead animals in shape-'stitch' - intricacy needed but has
sinister undertone, reveals the level of precision the manic speaker carries
out. The effect of all those monosyllabic words-control and entrapment,
mimetically emphasise the stitching.
A02- exploitation of assonance and pararhymes, end stopped lines and
caesuras-reinforces a claustrophobic effect and lack of natural movement,
as the animals are rendered entirely passive, mute and motionless (much
like the speaker's ideals of female behaviour). It could even be said that
the repeated 'l' stitches together the poem.
"I put two yellow peepers in an owl"- self-obsessed possessive pronoun "I"-
repeated 11 times and is the opening word-disengaged sense of self -
abundance of verbs in control. Every short sentence begins with 'I' or
contains the possessive pronoun 'my’-there is a solipsistic, egotistical
delight in the level of control the taxidermist is able to exert. "Yellow
peepers" -impurity through colour symbolism-oxymoronic to ubiquitous
connotations of owls having innate intelligence and beauty-yearns to
degrade and incite defencelessness.
“Wow. I fix the grin of Crocodile.”- “Wow', expressive, he is proud of
himself. No exclamation mark as it is unnatural. - 'grin' sinister- 'Crocodile'
is capitalised, he has named it. Interestingly, the threat of this dangerous
creature is turned into something that the taxidermist finds more
aesthetically pleasing, rather than evidence of their awe-inspiring power.
“I hold a red rag to a bull’-Alliterative and plosive, Delineates women as
bait-Suggests corresponding violence of men (fuelled by gluttony) in
response to women's positions as prey.
"Spiv. I sew the slither of an eel"-Sibilance creates the sense of malice.
"Spiv" implies a strong sense of self-worth - a flashy dresser (superficial)
whose vocation is disreputable dealings - he takes pleasure in knowing he
is immoral. This image conveys the idea that the narrator is responsible
for the innate functions of the animals. God-like depiction -
Unconventional image as the verb is made physical.
preserving his own mother. Based on Ed Gein (real life person). Plath
(disturbing imagery)-feminist poet - commenting on objectification and
the silencing, disenfranchising control of women.
Structure=Four stanzas each of three lines, all lines end stopped-
obsessive control. Tercets - desire for control.
Form= dramatic monologue. The narrator conveys themself as God-like.
They manipulate and control all things on earth-deification and
anthropomorphising. half rhyme "seal" "quail" - unsatisfactory, unsettling,
mirrors how only 1 person enjoys sexual experience. Unifying principle of
sound is a single rhyme running through poem mimicking the stitches
used to suture dead animals in shape-'stitch' - intricacy needed but has
sinister undertone, reveals the level of precision the manic speaker carries
out. The effect of all those monosyllabic words-control and entrapment,
mimetically emphasise the stitching.
A02- exploitation of assonance and pararhymes, end stopped lines and
caesuras-reinforces a claustrophobic effect and lack of natural movement,
as the animals are rendered entirely passive, mute and motionless (much
like the speaker's ideals of female behaviour). It could even be said that
the repeated 'l' stitches together the poem.
"I put two yellow peepers in an owl"- self-obsessed possessive pronoun "I"-
repeated 11 times and is the opening word-disengaged sense of self -
abundance of verbs in control. Every short sentence begins with 'I' or
contains the possessive pronoun 'my’-there is a solipsistic, egotistical
delight in the level of control the taxidermist is able to exert. "Yellow
peepers" -impurity through colour symbolism-oxymoronic to ubiquitous
connotations of owls having innate intelligence and beauty-yearns to
degrade and incite defencelessness.
“Wow. I fix the grin of Crocodile.”- “Wow', expressive, he is proud of
himself. No exclamation mark as it is unnatural. - 'grin' sinister- 'Crocodile'
is capitalised, he has named it. Interestingly, the threat of this dangerous
creature is turned into something that the taxidermist finds more
aesthetically pleasing, rather than evidence of their awe-inspiring power.
“I hold a red rag to a bull’-Alliterative and plosive, Delineates women as
bait-Suggests corresponding violence of men (fuelled by gluttony) in
response to women's positions as prey.
"Spiv. I sew the slither of an eel"-Sibilance creates the sense of malice.
"Spiv" implies a strong sense of self-worth - a flashy dresser (superficial)
whose vocation is disreputable dealings - he takes pleasure in knowing he
is immoral. This image conveys the idea that the narrator is responsible
for the innate functions of the animals. God-like depiction -
Unconventional image as the verb is made physical.
