Beautiful HOT

Question 1

C-Helen of Troy

Answer 1

Greek mythological figure
Medieval illustrations of her abduction and rape
Hung because she was wanted by men

Question 2

What is the structure?

Answer 2

freeform structure of both short and long paragraphs

Question 3

‘Divinely fair’ Technique

Answer 3

superlatives

Question 4

‘Divinely fair’ Meaning

Answer 4

stresses how beautiful she was considered and the value beauty holds in society

Question 5

‘In line’ and ‘Be mine’ Technique

Answer 5

Internal rhyme

Question 6

‘In line’ and ‘Be mine’ Meaning

Answer 6

suggests how people ignore her personality and focus on her regality.

Question 7

LC- DR Faustus A thousand ships reference

Answer 7

‘A face that launched a thousand ships.’

Question 8

LC- Othello reference

Answer 8

‘A handkerchief she dropped once’

Question 9

‘Enchanted by the perfume of her breath’ Technique

Answer 9

Metaphor

Question 10

‘Enchanted by the perfume of her breath’ Meaning

Answer 10

depicts seductive character which is a result of male dominated rewritings which ignore her individuality

Question 11

‘when she took a lover’ Meaning

Answer 11

Subverts story gives autonomy to her reconstructs male tale of abduction and rape

Question 12

‘Kept a little bird in a cage’ Technique

Answer 12

metaphor

Question 13

‘Kept a little bird in a cage’ Meaning

Answer 13

HOT is removed from happiness and contained for pleasure and sight

Question 14

‘Local girl, girl next door’ Meaning

Answer 14

Common images on covers fuelled by mens aspirations. HOT destroyed by male aspiration of what she should be.

Question 15

Whats the effect of the structure?

Answer 15

reflect the myth of HOT

Question 16

What does the final stanza consist of?

Answer 16

two lines.

Question 17

What’s the effect of the final stanza?

Answer 17

Reflect her subjection at the hands of patriarchy.