1.6 - Work Flashcards
What does Work explore?
Women providing for others
What domestic role is expanded to unmanageable proportions?
Mother
What does Duffy suggest in Work?
Women have learnt to take on responsibility
What 2 concepts become a core part of female identity?
Providing food
Nurturing
What does the notion of providing become in Work?
Extrapolated
What is the woman in Work worked to?
Death
What 2 things does the woman in Work represent?
All women
Mother Nature
What is Work split into structurally?
9 quatrains
What does each stanza contain information about?
How many people women are providing for
What does the content of Work demand? What does this reflect?
More space between lines
Huge expectations of women
What does Duffy use the structure of Work to reflect?
Demands of women
What theme does Work link to?
Motherhood
