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[This book] is a manifesto for all: from young women entering the workforce and older women trying to integrate professional and family ambitions, to executives running businesses and creating best practice and the businesses that employ them.
[This book] is a manifesto for all: from young women entering the workforce and older women trying to integrate professional and family ambitions, to executives running businesses and creating best practice and the businesses that employ them.
Work Like a Woman is a significant contribution in gender studies, as it presents the formation of women’s agency at workplace. The author, through her own narrative, is symbolic of the initiation of creating women’s agency.
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- Analysis of The Manhunt
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The subject matter of ‘The Manhunt’ is a person (who I will assume is a woman, though this is not stated) talking about their partner’s injuries, both physical and mental. Although not stated one would assume that the man the narrator is talking about is in, or was in, the armed services, possibly the RAF. ‘The Manhunt’ is unsurprisingly poignant. ...
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This coupletclearly talks about the early relationship between the narrator and their partner. It champions the time period using positive adjectives such as passionate and intimate.
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This, I think, describes her partner “letting her in”. The frozen river referenced here gives the image of a glacier. Perhaps the suggestion is that the stress and worry of her partner’s position in the military has caused deep worry lines like a ravine on his face?
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This couplet contains a harrowing image of her partner’s lower jaw. Is this a physical description? Has her partner had their jaw physically blown? Or is this a metaphorfor a partner that has become increasingly tight-lipped and monosyllabic? Not all men are comfortable talking about their feelings. Perhaps her partner’s jaw hinge doesn’t operate often, preferring instead to keep his emotions inside?
Simon Armitage is an English Poet, songwriter, play write and translator hailing from a county in the North of England called Yorkshire. His poetryoften contains colloquialisms based on his home town. He usually writes poems about contemporary issues and his work is often informed by his prior life experiences (he used to work as a probation office...
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Figurative Language – Armitage uses a number of figurative language techniques to demonstrate both the physical actions and the psychological consequences of the war. For example, the ‘blood-shadow’ that remains on the street after the event serves as a physical reminder of the violence that has taken place, but can also be seen as a
“I should like to see your idea of an interesting woman,” said his friend. “My dear fellow, you can’t see ideas—especially such highly ethereal ones as mine. If I could only see it myself—that would be a great step in advance.”
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Below is a guide to Simon Armitage’s Remains, from the Power and Conflict anthology. It includes: Overview : a breakdown of the poem, including its possible meanings and interpretations
