Still I Rise

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Compare the presentation of Trauma in ‘Still I rise' and ‘The story of an hour'

Intro:
Explanation of a ‘Story of an hour'
Explanation of ‘Still I rise'
Talk about trauma Definition and types
Para 1: P - Oxymoron and inner trauma links E - "Monstrous joy"
This shows that she is in inner trauma within herself she doesn't know what to feel is she happy that she is free or does she feel bad about being happy that her husbands dead or is she upset that her husband's dead. P - Alliteration, simile E - "like hopes leaping high' A – the author uses this to show that the slaves think they're going to be free but actually their not going to be free and their whole lives there going to be slaves L – this links to trauma because they think their going to be free but they
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L- In still I rise she is very independent and self-confident but in story of an hour Mrs mallard is very reliant on her husband and quite shy

Para 3: P- Domestic trauma E- "body and soul free'
This could imply that she is being abused by her husband because her body is free and normal people when their husband dies don't think their free they usually griefing
E- "That I dance like I've got diamonds at the meeting of my thighs"
This is saying that all the men stare at her vagina like their diamonds, diamonds are usually rare and they are a hard jewel to find and get, so she could be saying that they (the girl slaves) could be fighting the men of them, and making sure they don't get raped and making harder for the owners to be in control of them. Making their sexuality precious
L- this links to each other because in still I rise they are tough and in control but I feel in "The story of an hour" she is not treated well because her husband is manipulative of

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