The Seduction Eileen McAuley To His Coy Mistress Andrew Marvell Eileen

The seduction Eileen McAuley To His coy Mistress Andrew Marvell Eileen McAuleys The Seduction is set against the mere(a) 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 puerile progeny womanspredicament after getting drunk at a party. The poet contrasts thelady friends ideas of love and sex with reality. This is done effectively byvictimization techniques such as similes and alliteration. The verse form shows howyoung teenage girls endure be easily seduced under the influence ofalcohol. The Seduction as well shows how young girls can be manipulatedby the media.McAuley presents the setting for the seduction of the girl as harsh done use of language and imagery. The setting is described usingphrases such as far from the blind windows of the towboat blocks. Thewords tower blocks gives the setting a threatening atmosphere. Al sothe words blind windows adds closed book to the setting. This is becausethe two words are contrasting. The word blind is usually associatedwith visionless. spot windows are usually see-through. TheSeduction is set in the quiet bricks of Birkenhead suggesting that signal that he takes her to is remote. Far past the silver stream oftraffic through the city 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 attributeic. So shefollowed him in that location all high white space 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 effectuate of a seduction. The Seduction focuses on a teenageseduction whereas To His Coy Mistress focuses on a more maturedseduction. McAuleys poem The Seduction is sarcastic of teenagemagazines. McAuley shows a disliking attitu de towards the contents ofteenage magazines. This may be because she is against the way love andromance is presented these types of magazines. McAuley is alsocritical of societys attitude towards teenage pregnancy. She exploreshow things like anorexia and drugs amongst teenagers are original 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 preferred Eileen McAuleysThe Seduction because it has a more meaningful message, also becauseit is directed at my age group.