Aunt Jennifers Tigers

Ashlee Purcell Dr. Wagner Enc 1102 27, Nov. 2012 Critical Response Adrienne Rich was an amazing poet who expressed indisputable matters and womens needs through her writings. Her poem aunty Jennifers Tigers was utilize to express male and female relationships or maybe one in particular. Although m all critics argue the point of view, the overall theme of auntie Jennifers Tigers is Aunt Jennifers oppression through marriage, and the use of embroidery as the form of self-expression.The first verse of Aunt Jennifers Tigers is used to secernate the tigers. They bluster across a screen. This implies no sadness, the term prance, according to Dictionary. com, is defined to spring from the hind legs to move by springing, as a horse, to ride gaily, proudly, or insolently, to move or go in an elated manner cavort, and to dance or move in a lively or spirited manner caper. This shows that the tigers are moving in a happy, lively fashion. They are sunburn denizens of a world of light-gre en.Topaz is unquestionably an ancient healing jewel and gemstone. The Egyptians believed that topaz was colored with a golden glow of the mighty sun god Ra. Because of this they believed that topaz was precise powerful and protected faithful against harm. The Romans associated topaz with Jupiter, who was their god of sun. The Romans considered topaz to be a symbol of power of the ruler who had it. They also believed that it bestowed wisdom on the ruler. The royal crown of England is set with nearly five hundred topaz stones.These stones have been said to have been mined in the Erzgebirge better know as Ore Mountains. According to the Bible, topaz is one of the many stones that protect unfermented Jerusalem. In ancient Mexico topaz was used in conflicts to ascertain the truth. Aunt Jennifer expressed herself as a tiger mixed with the topaz stone has a important meaning of a certain power, and these tigers are unapprehensive knowing of the power it holds according to the verse Th ey do not awe the man beneath the tree. In the second verse Aunt jennifers fingers flutter through the wool.Although the meaning of the word flutter could be used both in a negative and positive focussing, they way send is having difficulty pulling the ivory needle in the attached line persuades the reason to believe the fluttering is a sign of stress. reading material on to the next line, The massive weight of Uncles wedding hatful, describes possibly why Aunt Jennifer is in distress. His wedding ring sits to a great extent upon her hand. The Uncle is not around anymore to wear his ring. Did he leave? Did he die? Because the ring itself cannot possibly be so impenetrable to be active her stitching, it must serve a symbolic meaning of the Uncle.How could the Uncle feel heavy upon Aunt Jennifer? Was he violent, demanding or opressive to Aunt Jennifer? Althought we are not provided with any further information I believe it is safe to say the Uncle had roughly kind of a negati ve effect on Jennifers stirred up state if she is displaying physical signs of agitation. Work Cited Adrienne Rich. Wikipedia. org. Wikipedia. 1 Mar 2009. Rich, Adrienne. Aunt Jennifers Tigers. writings An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing. Kennedy, X. J. , Dana Gioia. New York 2010. Print.