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Skirrid Hill: ‘Skirrid Hill is a joyous celebration of the human capacity…
Skirrid Hill: ‘Skirrid Hill is a joyous celebration of the human capacity for love’
Disagree
Marking time - Their 'love' is marked by a permanent scar
Song - Metaphor comparing the couple to the magpies (metaphysical conceit) - He remains loyal to her however the woman appears physically and emotionally trapped
Stitch in time (In trying to provide for his wife and show love the character gets caught up I the pursuit of capitalism)
Show - They have an indoctrinate view of love that damages their expectations of beauty (could argue that his focus on the one woman is him showing his commitment to her)
Night Windows - Their 'love' is not a celebration but a pursuit of attention to seek validation
Farther - Demonstrates him and his father regaining closeness and love after distancing
Agree
Amazon (self-love)
On Going (Love for grandparents)
Skirrid Hill does not represent a joyous celebration as they all deal with hardships that act as a barrier to love
Stitch in time
Arguably he strives toward the capitalist life for love to improve his family's life but in doing so he loses the artistry and beauty of life
The Meridian splits the East and West - Narrator is from India (East-less developed) and moves to Fiji (toward capitalism)
Temporal markers - all begin with 'And' showing how he becomes more greedy - his life is monotonous and boring - in a pursuit of money we love artistry and beuaty
Narrative poem (telling a story) - warning from Sheers not to lose sight in life and only strive for money
1st part is the longest showing his hard work but the others are shorter showing his shift into greed and desire for more
Metaphorically 'stitching' his life in order to cultivate himself a better future which he ultimately achieves - but at the cost of capitalism
'reveal a boxing ring' 'meridian garage with its taxi's headlight' - Aggression and violence - beauty is lost
May refer to internal moralistic battle between exploiting eastern culture to capitalise it
'garage' is a symbol of masculinity - his adaption to Western standards of masculinity
The narrator is losing his passion and love of artistry in life
'corrugated Meridian store, Meridian cinema, its screen lifting from the floor' - 'corrugated' - cheap roofing - not about quality just about the money
Buying into Western society - building things into Western society that generate income
Diversification to generate as much income as possible - capitalism
Could represent rise in power
Amazon
The omniscient narrator tells the story of the woman who fights cancer (barrier to love) but reinforce a celebration at the end when she accepts her individuality gaining a sense of strength and self-love
Amazon's were a legendary race of women and a greek mythological tribe of warrior women - famed for strength
Normal for an Amazon woman to cut off her right breast so she could hunt more proficiently with a bow
Women with cancer have been inspired to fight surrounding Amazons
Couplets create a sense of completeness after the diagnosis or could be a reference to the woman vs her cancer as a couple (conflict)
'nudist night to visit the pool...slow and slim...enter the water an Amazon...able to draw her bow further and deeper than other women' - Learnt to accept it however is in the dark so may still be vulnerable to judgement and opinions of others - public vs private
Pride in appearance - unashamed to show healthy body - alliterative elegance
Powerful, strong, brave - admiration
Has been a sacrifice nut has also given her power and is now strengthened by her experience
Celebrates individuality - sense of strength
'certain order can carry so much chaos...hard C of cruelty and soft c of uncertainty' - Paradox - internal conflict of order and chaos - the diagnosis can give certainty and helps to deal with it while it can also cause fear and many questions
Does not mention the word cancer throughout - wants the focus on the strength of women rather than about how the disease defines the woman
Mimics the first part - cancer is harsh but surrounded by soft flesh - polar opposites - can lead to death or have a positive outcome
Sibilance and harsh consonants - mimics sinister and evil preying on her body - brutality
'November 5th...since...night behind her...sparks from the fire streaming away on the wind' - Temporal marker - aim on Guy Fawkes night was to kill parliament but the death was averted linking to how there is a sense of hope for getting over the cancer
Ungrammatically correct - leaving unsaid what the reader knows
Literally facing the bonfire but also her dark and difficult time is now complete
Metaphor for freedom from pain and worry
'the dustbins flowering with rubbish...redding past as if nothing has happened' - Ironic - implies her world has been turned upside down and is illogical
Illness has given her a different perspective on the world - sees the beauty in it - optimism - links to epigraph and Sheers wants us to see life from a different perspective
Red is associated with danger and the single line stanza emphasises how she feels alone and has power to deal with it on her own
Life keeps moving - optimism
Show
Explores how society is victim to unobtainable beauty standards that indoctrinate views of beauty in relationships and love (not a celebration of love but a warning of how expectations can damage love) - Society has become so focused on superficial standards
Reader is a voyeur (takes pleasure in watching something sexual, painful or distressing) - Sheers done this to make us uncomfortable and question society
'leaving the crocodile pit of cameras flashing their teeth for more' - Couplet is a change in structure - inconsistent and incomplete - shows the greed of society for more/doesn't want to focus on the predatorily nature because he is a part of it
Invasive and predatorily - consuming images for own fame - threat to the women
Alliteration of 'c' mimic the snapping - animalisation
Male gaze and predatory nature of male sex - paparazzi disrespecting social boundaries typifies the theme
'spell, artful hocus pocus...one shoulder bare...out of focus' - Words associated with magic - fallen victim to the spell of what society thinks is beauty
He is mesmerised by her beauty but it is only her physical appearance
Sexual desire of male gaze - she conforms as well - conforming to expectations of beauty
Blurred vision of how they are indoctrinated
Zooms in to look at her - she is the only person that matters/maybe he isn't looking at the whole picture tho and just her features
'Pulling the door on the scene... to wait in the bar for you to join me' 'corridor, more' - Rhyme - thrill and excitement of the show that is emphasised of what he wants when he sees her
Closing the door on the preparation of getting ready so he can just see the constructed final product - wants a reveal of her made-up (the show) - male gaze
Presents men and women as victims- indoctrinated to think they have to be perfect