ENG 151 Paper 2 PDF

Title ENG 151 Paper 2
Author Grace Marie
Course Interpretation of Poetry
Institution Syracuse University
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Gr a c eCh e s t e r ma n Pa p e r# 2 Br u c eSmi t h 0 2 / 1 7 / 20 1 9 Th ePo we ro ft h eFe ma l eBo d yi nHa s s ’ s“ ASt o r ya b ou tt h eBod y ” Ro b e r tHa s s ’ spo e m“ ASt o r ya bo u tt h eBo d y ”e n c o mp a s s e sh o wpo we r f u lt h ef e ma l e b o d yi sa tma n i pu l a t i n go ne ’ st h o u g h t s , o pi n i o n s , a n de mo t i o n s . Th es p e a k e ri nt h ep o e mg oe s f r o mt h i nk i ngh ei si nl o v ewi t ht h ewo ma nt oq ui c kl yr e a l i z i n gt h a th ed o e s n ’ tl o v eh e rd uet oh e r ma s t e c t o my . Ha s sa c c o mp l i s h e st h i st hr o u g ht h eus eo fme t a p ho r sa n di ma g e r yt h r ou g h o u tt h e p r o s ep o e m. Th ep o we ro ft h ef e ma l eb o d yi sfir s tp r e s e n t e dwh e nt h es p e a k e rs t a t e st ha t , “ h et h o u g h t h ewa si nl o v ewi t hh e r . ”Th ey o u n gc o mpo s e ra n dt heo l d e rJ a p a ne s ewoma nh a v en e v e re v e n s p o k e nt oe a c ho t h e ro rf o r ma l l yme te a c ho t h e r , b uth eh a sf a l l e nu n d e rh e rp o we r f u ls p e l lwh e r e h eb e l i e v e sh ei si nl o v ewi t hh e rj us tb ywa t c hi n gh e rb o d ya n dmo v e me n t sa tt h ea r t i s t c o l o n y t h a twe e k . Th ep o we ro fh e ra c t i on sa n dh e rb o d ywhe r et h es p e a k e rs t a t e s , “ h el o v e dhe rwo r k , a n dh e rwo r kwa sl i k et hewa ys h emo v e dh e rb od y , us e dh e rh a n d s , l o o k e da th i md i r e c t l y …” u s e si ma g e r yt os h o wh e rmo v e me n t st h r o u g h ou tt h ewe e ka n dh o ws h eh a se n t r a n c e dh i m wi t h ou te v e nt r y i n gt o . Sh eh a s n ’ tb e e nt r y i n gt oa c t s e xu a l l yo ra t t r a c th i m, bu th et h i n k sh eh a s f a l l e ni nl o v ewi t hh e rj u s tb yh e rb a s i cmo v e me n t st h r o u g h o utt hed a ya ndh e ra bi l i t yt op a i n t a n dd oh e rwo r k . Ad d i t i o n a lp o we ro ft h ef e ma l eb o d yi sr e p r e s e n t e dwh e nt h eJ a pa n e s ewo ma ne x p l a i n st o h i mt h a ts h eh a db o t ho fh e rb r e a s t sr e mo v e d . Sh ec l a i ms ,“ It h i n ky o uwo u l dl i k et oh a v eme . I wo ul dl i k et h a t t o o , b u tImu s tt e l ly out h a tIh a v eh a dad o u b l ema s t e c t o my . ”Th i sq u ot eh a s f u r t h e rme a ni n gi nt h a ts hec l e a r l yha sb e e nt h r o u g ht hi swi t hme nb e f o r e . Sh eh a sb e e nd e n i e d

b yt h e ms e x u a l l yi nt h ep a s t b e c a u s eo fh e rd o u bl ema s t e c t o mys os h ewa n t st oma k et h a tc l e a rt o h i mi na d v a n c e . Th ef a c tt h a tt h ef e ma l ebo d y , a n dh e r ss p e c i fic a l l y , i ss u b j e c t e dt os omu c h c h a n g e , h u r t , a n dp a i nf o rs oma n yy e a r s , h o we v e r ,s h ed o e sn o tg e tb o g g e dd o wnb yh e r ma s t e c t o myi sr e p r e s e n t a t i v eo fa l lo ft h ep o we rt h a th e rmi n da n dh e rb o d yh a s . Sh es e e ms a l mo s tn u mbt ot h ef a c tt h a ts h eh a sha db o t ho fh e rb r e a s t sr e mo v e dwi t ht h ewa ys h es t a t e si ts o c a s u a l l yi nc o n v e r s a t i o n , wh i c ho n c ea g a i ni ss y mb ol i cofh o wp o we r f u la n di nc o n t r o lo fh e r e mo t i o n ss h ei s . Th el i n ei nt h ep o e mwhe r et h ey o un gc o mp o s e rr e a l i z e sh en ol o n g e rl o v e sh e r( o rne v e r a c t u a l l yl o v e dh e r ) , mo s ts t r o n gl ye x e mpl i fie st hep o we ro ft h ef e ma l eb o d y . Th es p e a k e rs t a t e s , “ t h er a d i a n c et h a th eh a dc a r r i e da r o u n di nhi sb e l l ya n dc h e s tc a v i t y l i k emu s i c wi t h e r e d q ui c k l y ” . Th eu s eo fme t a p h o r swi t hc o mpa r i n gh i sc h e s tf a l l i n gt ot h ewa ymu s i cf a de so u to nc e as o n gi sd o nep l a y i n gs y mb o l i z e st h ec a pa b i l i t yo ft h ef e ma l eb o d yt oa ffe c t ama ns os t r o n g l y j u s tb yas t a t e me n tl i k es h eh a dma d e .Sh ec a na ffe c t h i se mot i o n sa nds h eh a st h ep o we rt o r e t r a c thi sl o v ef o rh e rb ys t a t i n gt h a th e rb o d yh a sg o net hr o ug hama s t e c t o my . La s t l y , t hei ma g e r ya ndme t a p h orp e r t a i n i n gt ot h ed e a db e e sc o v e r e db yt h er o s ep e t a l s o n c ea g a i nr e p r e s e n t sh e rb o d ya n dt h ep o we rt h a ti th a st ob eb e a u t i f u lo nt h eou t s i d e , whi l e b e i n gd a ma g e da n ds o me wh a td e a do nt h ei n s i d e . Th es p e a ke re x p l a i n sh o wt hey o u n gc o mp o s e r f o un dt h ebo wlb ys t a t i n g ,“ i tl o o k e dt ob ef ul lo fr o s ep e t a l s , b u th ef o u ndwh e nh ep i c k e di t u p t h a tt h er o s ep e t a l swe r eo nt o p ;t h er e s to ft hebo wl s h emu s tha v es we p tt h ec o r n e r so fhe r s t u di o wa sf u l lo fde a dbe e s . ”Th ewo ma ni sa t t e mp t i n gt ou s et h ed e a dbe e sc o v e r e db yt h er o s e p e t a l sa same t a p h o rt og e tt hey o u n gc o mp o s e rt ou n d e r s t a n dwh a th e rb o d yi sl i k ea n dwh a t s h e h a sg o n et h r o u g h .I tma yb eb e a u t i f u la n da t t r a c t i v eo nt h eou t s i d e , b u to nt h ei n s i d es h eh a sg on e t h r o u g hs omu c hp h y s i c a l l y , a swe l la sme nt a l l y .Ib e l i e v et h i sa l s oi ss y mb o l i co fh o wh e

b e l i e v e dh ewa si nl o v ewi t hh e r ,b u twi t had e e p e rl o o ka ndwh e ns h eo p e n e du pt ohi m, h e r e a l i z e dhewa sno ti nl o v ewi t hh e r . Hea tfir s t b e l i e v e ds h ewa sd oi n gaki n dg e s t u r eb ygi v i n g h i mr o s ep e t a l s , b u twh e nhep h y s i c a l l yd u gd e e pe ri nt h eb o wlh es a wt hed e a db e e s .Th ef e ma l e b o d yi sa ne x t r e me l yp o we r f u lf o r c et h a th a st h ea bi l i t yt oa t t r a c ta n dr e t r a c tt h el o v ea n d e mo t i o n so fma n y ....


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