carol ann duffy
Discuss The Model’s Character From The Point Of View Of The Reader And The Narrator. In Carol Ann Duffy’s poem, “Standing Female Nude”, the model’s character can be discussed by the reader and these views may contrast the views of the narrator, who is the model. I will begin by looking at the narrator’s opinion of herself before considering my own views of the character. The narrator shows that the model is very confident about herself in the poem and many points and examples can be used to show this. The model believes that after the painting is created ‘the bourgeoisie will coo at such an image of a river-whore.’ Here we notice that the narrator has a very high opinion of herself by suggesting that the painting with the model in it will be adored by the middle-class. Another example of the narrator showing that the model has a high opinion of herself is shown in the third stanza. We notice that the model believes the artist is attracted sexually to her ‘there are times he does not concentrate and stiffens for my warmth.’ Her high opinion of herself is emphasised even more when she continues to explain that the artist could not possibly be thinking of possessing her in the flesh as well as on the canvas ‘He possesses me on c
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Approximate Word count = 924
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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