Use of Imagery in The Applicant and Consorting with Angels
Discuss and compare the different ways in which imagery contributes to meaning in Anne Sexton’s Consorting with Angels and Sylvia Plath’s The Applicant.Imagery is an often-used device in the writing of poetry. An image can be defined as any depiction that appeals to one of the senses. Imagery is often an important tool as it enlarges and intensifies our sense of the poem thus contributing to meaning. This is especially so in Anne Sexton’s Consorting with Angels and Sylvia Plath’s The Applicant. Sexton and Plath have both chosen to deal with gender stereotypes but Plath also makes comments on the stereotype of marriage. Although they have chosen different ways in the portrayal of them, imagery is used successfully in both poems to evoke the senses and to help the reader to identify and understand the poem more fully. In Consorting with Angels and The Applicant, Sexton and Plath have attempted to redefine the stereotypical image of the woman. To do this, they have firstly presented the traditional image of a woman and have successfully done so through the use of vivid imagery and constant references to the constructs of femminity. The domestic role of a woman is vividly portrayed in Sexton’s use of “spoons and pots” and Pla
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Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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