The Seduction Eileen McAuley To His Coy Mistress Andrew Marvell Eileen

The subjugation Eileen McAuley To His coy schoolmaam Andrew Marvell Eileen McAuleys The conquest is set against the bleak purlieu of Merseyside.The Seduction Eileen McAuleyTo His Coy Mistress Andrew MarvellEileen McAuleys The Seduction is set against the bleak surroundingsof Merseyside. The purpose of the story is to show a teenage girlfriendspredicament after getting drunk at a party. The poet contrasts thegirls ideas of love and sex with reality. This is done effectively by victimisation techniques such as similes and on the wholeiteration. The poem shows howyoung teenage girls eject be easily seduced under the influence ofalcohol. The Seduction also shows how young girls can be manipulatedby the media.McAuley presents the telescope for the seduction of the girl as approximatethrough use of language and imagery. The setting is described usingphrases such as far from the blind windows of the tower blocks. Thewords tower blocks gives the setting a threatening atmosphere. Als othe words blind windows adds mystery to the setting. This is becausethe devil words atomic number 18 contrasting. The word blind is usually associatedwith visionless. While windows are usually see-through. TheSeduction is set in the quiet bricks of Birkenhead suggesting thatplace that he takes her to is remote. Far past the silver stream oftraffic through the urban center this is implies that they were distant fromthe busy city leaving them isolated this makes the girl vulnerable.A lot of the language used in The Seduction is symbolic. So shefollowed him there all high white shoes is an example of symbolicpoetry. The shoes are described as white to present a symbol ofpurity, which is a major theme in the poem. Towards the... ... Mistress is toshow the effects of a seduction. The Seduction focuses on a teenageseduction whereas To His Coy Mistress focuses on a more maturedseduction. McAuleys poem The Seduction is critical of teenagemagazines. McAuley shows a disliking attitude t owards the contents ofteenage magazines. This whitethorn be because she is against the way love andromance is presented these types of magazines. McAuley is alsocritical of decrees attitude towards teenage pregnancy. She exploreshow things like anorexia and drugs amongst teenagers are accepted bysociety and how teenage pregnancy is not. McAuley also criticizesprejudice and stereotyping in the society. I enjoyed reading both TheSeduction and To His Coy Mistress. I favored Eileen McAuleysThe Seduction because it has a more meaningful message, also becauseit is order at my age group.