Multifaceted, dominant and yet commanding characters which intentionally show their split-personality which brings out their ‘real’ colours, due to consistently being forced to battle against their emotions. They are dragged to their limits with sentiments and desires for supremacy or vengeance which have great outcomes. Presented by Shakespeare, Caral Ann Duffy and Robert Browning, Browning explores the impact of infidelity and anxiety with a furious character inspired from none other than the France’s Marie Madeline her thirst to seek vengeance which caused a catastrophe within the society in that period. Duffy however shows us the impact of deception and rejection; ‘Havisham’ inspired by Dickens’ character of Miss Havisham which supports
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the soul form those strong masculine eyes” shows she secretly is still madly in love with ‘The Man’, deep down inside she has unconditional love for him, memories inside her head like a light splint in a dead dark room however she’s trying everything and every reason to force herself to hate him for what he did. Furthermore Browning uses the exclamation “No!” the use of this device suggests her emotions have become grained in her and her bitterness which fights against her emotions; the exclamation mark shows the depth of her emotions, and her Split-personality. Browning highlights the vulnerable side to this women; the women wants to show the man how much she is in love with him to such an extent she is willing to take another’s soul, whoever tries to think about separating them; similarly ‘Havisham’ by Caral Ann Duffy shows the vulnerable, complex yet malevolent character of the women ‘Miss Havisham’; “Ropes on the back of my hands I could strangle with”, Duffy explores the ‘stability’ of the character; ‘Ropes’ indicates the veins which have slowly started to appear, which shows her vulnerability as she is ageing so much so that she defines her blood vessels (veins) as ‘ropes’ as they ‘stick out’ from her sinister body . “Strangle”, the emotive verb suggests the thirst she seeks to see him dead by using violent imagery Duffy highlights her rage though Duffy also wants we as reader yet again to empathise as she has been ‘jilted’ at the altar and since that moment Havisham as evolved herself into a sinister and embittered character. Consequently she holds her former fiancé responsible for the state of her
the soul form those strong masculine eyes” shows she secretly is still madly in love with ‘The Man’, deep down inside she has unconditional love for him, memories inside her head like a light splint in a dead dark room however she’s trying everything and every reason to force herself to hate him for what he did. Furthermore Browning uses the exclamation “No!” the use of this device suggests her emotions have become grained in her and her bitterness which fights against her emotions; the exclamation mark shows the depth of her emotions, and her Split-personality. Browning highlights the vulnerable side to this women; the women wants to show the man how much she is in love with him to such an extent she is willing to take another’s soul, whoever tries to think about separating them; similarly ‘Havisham’ by Caral Ann Duffy shows the vulnerable, complex yet malevolent character of the women ‘Miss Havisham’; “Ropes on the back of my hands I could strangle with”, Duffy explores the ‘stability’ of the character; ‘Ropes’ indicates the veins which have slowly started to appear, which shows her vulnerability as she is ageing so much so that she defines her blood vessels (veins) as ‘ropes’ as they ‘stick out’ from her sinister body . “Strangle”, the emotive verb suggests the thirst she seeks to see him dead by using violent imagery Duffy highlights her rage though Duffy also wants we as reader yet again to empathise as she has been ‘jilted’ at the altar and since that moment Havisham as evolved herself into a sinister and embittered character. Consequently she holds her former fiancé responsible for the state of her