Aunt Jennifers Tigers

Ashlee Purcell Dr. Wagner Enc 1102 27, Nov. 2012 Critical reaction Adrienne Rich was an amazing poet who acquited trustworthy matters and womens needs with her writings. Her meter aunty Jennifers Tigers was used to express male and female relationships or possibly one in particular. Although many a(prenominal) critics advocate the point of view, the overall theme of auntie Jennifers Tigers is aunty Jennifers conquest through marriage, and the use of embroidery as the form of self-expression.The first meter of Aunt Jennifers Tigers is used to describe the tigers. They cock across a screen. This implies no sadness, the term prance, according to Dictionary. com, is delimitate to sp work party from the hind legs to move by springing, as a horse, to ride gaily, proudly, or insolently, to move or go in an elated manner cavort, and to dance or move in a natty or spirited manner caper. This shows that the tigers ar moving in a happy, hot fashion. They are suntan denizens of a land of green.Topaz is unquestionably an past mend stone and gemstone. The Egyptians believed that topaz was colored with a golden glow of the mighty solarize paragon Ra. Because of this they believed that topaz was very powerful and protected faithful against harm. The Romans associated topaz with Jupiter, who was their god of sun. The Romans considered topaz to be a press of power of the ruler who had it. They also believed that it bestowed sapience on the ruler. The royal crown of England is counterbalance with nearly five hundred topaz stones.These stones have been said to have been exploit in the Erzgebirge better known as Ore Mountains. According to the Bible, topaz is one of the many stones that protect New Jerusalem. In ancient Mexico topaz was used in conflicts to date the truth. Aunt Jennifer expressed herself as a tiger mixed with the topaz stone has a important meaning of a certain power, and these tigers are unafraid discerning of the power it holds accor ding to the verse They do not fear the man to a lower place the tree. In the second verse Aunt jennifers fingers flutter through the wool.Although the meaning of the word flutter could be used both in a negative and positive way, they way broadcast is having difficulty pulling the ivory acerate leaf in the next line persuades the precedent to believe the fluttering is a sign of stress. Reading on to the next line, The enormous weight of Uncles wedding mountain, describes possibly why Aunt Jennifer is in distress. His wedding ring sits heavily upon her hand. The Uncle is not around anymore to wear his ring. Did he leave? Did he die? Because the ring itself cannot possibly be so fundamental to affect her stitching, it must serve a symbolic meaning of the Uncle.How could the Uncle feel unplumbed upon Aunt Jennifer? Was he violent, demanding or opressive to Aunt Jennifer? Althought we are not provided with any barely information I believe it is invulnerable to say the Uncle h ad some kind of a negative effect on Jennifers emotional state if she is displaying physical signs of agitation. turn Cited Adrienne Rich. Wikipedia. org. Wikipedia. 1 Mar 2009. Rich, Adrienne. Aunt Jennifers Tigers. lit An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing. Kennedy, X. J. , Dana Gioia. New York 2010. Print.