Feminine Gospels

Question 1

Birthdate of Carol Ann Duffy

Answer 1

23rd December 1955, in Glasgow

Question 2

Awards received by Duffy

Answer 2

She became the 20th Poet Laureate in 2009

Question 3

Childhood of Duffy

Answer 3

• Raised Catholic with religious based schools
• Eldest of four brothers
• Her father was a local counciller and parlimentary candidate

Question 4

Meaning of Feminine Gospels

Answer 4

Feminine- qualities and appearance traditionally associated with females
Gospels- teaching and reverance of God, a set of beliefs and principals

Question 5

Queen Elizabeth I

Answer 5

• Reinged for 45 years
• The end of the Tudor Dynasty
• Called the ‘virgin queen’ as she never married or had children, known to have been ‘married to her country’
• Patroness of chastity and Britomart
• Military genius of Britain

Question 6

Women described in ‘Beautiful’

Answer 6

Marilyn Monroe
Princess Diana
Helen of Troy
Cleopatra

Question 7

What does Courtney Loiacono say about ‘The Diet’ ?

Answer 7

Women are taught to hate their bodies, no matter what. Thinness and the physical expectations of women in today’s society are impossible to achieve. Everyone that attempts to be perfect by society’s standards will fail. Duffy’s poem voices crucial concerns about the current structure of our society.

Question 8

What does Sandra Lee Bartky’s say about ‘The Diet’ ?

Answer 8

Anorexia nervosa, which has now assumed epidemic proportions is the crystallization in a pathological mode of a widespread cultural obsession.