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Key Themes
In Medusa
By Hannah
Walling
- Love
- The theme of love is found throughout the poem, Medusa's love for him, even after all he has done.
- Its you I love, perfect man, Greek God, my own
- The phrase 'Greek God' shows that
Medusa worships him, but he does not
love her back.
- This shows she still loves him, and still
treats him as her own, even after all he has
done.
- The phrase 'Greek God' shows that
Medusa worships him, but he does not
love her back.
- I stared in the mirror, Love gone bad.
- This shows that even after all he has done to her, and all the bad things that have
happened to her, she still loves him and always will do.
- This shows that even after all he has done to her, and all the bad things that have
happened to her, she still loves him and always will do.
- Wasn't I beautiful? Wasn't I
fragrant and young?
- These questions are Medusa pleading for
him to remember why they fell in love, ang
hoping for him to realise he was wrong,
and then to fall in love again.
- These questions are Medusa pleading for
him to remember why they fell in love, ang
hoping for him to realise he was wrong,
and then to fall in love again.
- Its you I love, perfect man, Greek God, my own
- The theme of love is found throughout the poem, Medusa's love for him, even after all he has done.
- Self Loathing
- The theme of self-loathing is found throughout the poem, Medusa hates herself.
- My bride's breath soured, stank
- This sounds like Medusa is decaying and
dying, and she thinks she is horrible and
worthless.
- This sounds like Medusa is decaying and
dying, and she thinks she is horrible and
worthless.
- I stared in the mirror.. showed me a gorgon
- Medusa sees herself as a gorgon, a
creature that is a horrid creature and
is hated by lots of people.
- Medusa sees herself as a gorgon, a
creature that is a horrid creature and
is hated by lots of people.
- Wasn't I beautiful? Wasn't I fragrant and young?
- Medusa no longer sees herself as
these things, she thinks that she is the
opposite.
- Medusa no longer sees herself as
these things, she thinks that she is the
opposite.
- My bride's breath soured, stank
- The theme of self-loathing is found throughout the poem, Medusa hates herself.
- Violence
- Violence is a key theme throughout the poem, violence
between Medusa and her husband and the violence that
Medusa inflicts on herself.
- Fire spewed from the mouth of a mountain.
- Medusa is comparing herself to a
volcano, she is going to build up
then explode.
- Medusa is comparing herself to a
volcano, she is going to build up
then explode.
- shattered a bowl of milk... a boulder rolled in a heap of shit
- This is a violent image, as if medusa is
comparing him to the bowl of milk, the
swearing is used as a reflection of
violence.
- This is a violent image, as if medusa is
comparing him to the bowl of milk, the
swearing is used as a reflection of
violence.
- And here you come with a shield for a heart and a sword for a tongue
- This suggests the violence that is inflicted on
Medusa by him, including verbal abuse.
- This suggests the violence that is inflicted on
Medusa by him, including verbal abuse.
- Fire spewed from the mouth of a mountain.
- Violence is a key theme throughout the poem, violence
between Medusa and her husband and the violence that
Medusa inflicts on herself.
- Anger
- The theme of Anger is found throughout the poem, including Medusa's anger for
what he has done to her,
- There are bullet tears in my eyes
- This phrase shows that Medusa is not sad, she is angry about what he has done and
wants to kill him.
- This phrase shows that Medusa is not sad, she is angry about what he has done and
wants to kill him.
- Are you terrified? Be terrified
- The repetition shows the build up of her anger, and
shows she is about to do something to him.
- The repetition shows the build up of her anger, and
shows she is about to do something to him.
- As though my thoughts hissed and spat on my scalp
- This phrase shows that all she thinks of is angry, and the phrase hissed and spat illiterates that.
- This phrase shows that all she thinks of is angry, and the phrase hissed and spat illiterates that.
- There are bullet tears in my eyes
- The theme of Anger is found throughout the poem, including Medusa's anger for
what he has done to her,
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