what is power? power is s section, "Medusa," fits incredibly well into the structure of the poem. However, the title, as we find out, represents who the "Devil's WIfe" is. Although the woman speaks ill of the man, she becomes this mythological character, Medusa, when she is with him. It is interesting to think of who the devil's wife may be, and Medusa could very well be a good representative of that. The similarities that the woman has to Medusa is straightforward: "nobody liked [her] hair," and she gave the camera her "Medusa stare." The hair really helps to create a Medusa-like description; Medusa's hair was not actually hair, they were snakes. And Medusa's "stare" turned people into stone. The stare and hair references clearly work in Duffy's favor. Medusa could very well be the devil's wife, and Duffy does an excellent job of persuading the reader. Hunter Berman ▲
This section of the poem really clarified the situation described in the poem. It summed up the events of the poem and really fleshed out the trial metaphor that continues throughout the poem. The speaker is the defendant as well as the victim (or doll - her past). The jus section, "Medusa," fits incredibly well into the structure of the poem. However, the title, as we find out, represents who the "Devil's WIfe" is. Although the woman speaks ill of the man, she becomes this mythological character, Medusa, when she is with him. It is interesting to think of who the devil's wife may be, and Medusa could very well be a good representative of that. The similarities that the woman has to Medusa is straightforward: "nobody liked [her] hair," and she gave the camera her "Medusa stare." The hair really helps to create a Medusa-like description; Medusa's hair was not actually hair, they were snakes. And Medusa's "stare" turned people into stone. The stare and hair references clearly work in Duffy's favor. Medusa could very well be the devil's wife, and Duffy does an excellent job of persuading the reader. Hunter Berman ▲
This section of the poem really clarified the situation described in the poem. It summed up the events of the poem and really fleshed out the trial metaphor that continues throughout the poem. The speaker is the defendant as well as the victim (or doll - her past). The jus section, "Medusa," fits incredibly well into the structure of the poem. However, the title, as we find out, represents who the "Devil's WIfe" is. Although the woman speaks ill of the man, she becomes this mythological character, Medusa, when she is with him. It is interesting to think of who the devil's wife may be, and Medusa could very well be a good representative of that. The similarities that the woman has to Medusa is straightforward: "nobody liked [her] hair," and she gave the camera her "Medusa stare." The hair really helps to create a Medusa-like description; Medusa's hair was not actually hair, they were snakes. And Medusa's "stare" turned people into stone. The stare and hair references clearly work in Duffy's favor. Medusa could very well be the devil's wife, and Duffy does an excellent job of persuading the reader. Hunter Berman ▲
This section of the poem really clarified the situation described in the poem. It summed up the events of the poem and really fleshed out the trial metaphor that continues throughout the poem. The speaker is the defendant as well as the victim (or doll - her past). The jus section, "Medusa," fits incredibly well into the structure of the poem. However, the title, as we find out, represents who the "Devil's WIfe" is. Although the woman speaks ill of the man, she becomes this mythological character, Medusa, when she is with him. It is interesting to think of who the devil's wife may be, and Medusa could very well be a good representative of that. The similarities that the woman has to Medusa is straightforward: "nobody liked [her] hair," and she gave the camera her "Medusa stare." The hair really helps to create a Medusa-like description;