The Seduction Eileen McAuley To His Coy Mistress Andrew Marvell Eileen

The conquering Eileen McAuley To His Coy Mistress Andrew Marvell Eileen McAuleys The Seduction is set against the bleak surroundings of Merseyside.The Seduction Eileen McAuleyTo His Coy Mistress Andrew MarvellEileen McAuleys The Seduction is set against the bleak surroundingsof Merseyside. The purpose of the story is to show a teenage girls dilemma after getting drunk at a party. The poet contrasts thegirls ideas of cope and sex with reality. This is done effectively byusing techniques such as similes and onlyiteration. The poem shows howyoung teenage girls can be easily seduced under the influence ofalcohol. The Seduction too shows how young girls can be manipulatedby the media.McAuley presents the range for the seduction of the girl as harsh by use of language and imagery. The setting is described usingphrases such as far from the blind windows of the hover blocks. Thewords tower blocks gives the setting a threatening atmosphere. Alsothe words blind windows adds mystery to th e setting. This is becausethe two words are contrasting. The word blind is usually associatedwith visionless. While windows are usually see-through. TheSeduction is set in the quiet bricks of Birkenhead suggesting thatplace that he takes her to is remote. Far past the silver stream oftraffic through the city this is implies that they were distant fromthe busy city leaving them isolated this makes the girl vulnerable.A lot of the language used in The Seduction is symbolic. So shefollowed him there all high white shoes is an example of symbolicpoetry. The shoes are described as white to present a symbol ofpurity, which is a major(ip) theme in the poem. Towards the... ... Mistress is toshow the effects of a seduction. The Seduction focuses on a teenageseduction whereas To His Coy Mistress focuses on a more maturedseduction. McAuleys poem The Seduction is critical of teenagemagazines. McAuley shows a disliking attitude towards the contents ofteenage magazines. This may be because she is against the way love andromance is presented these types of magazines. McAuley is alsocritical of societys attitude towards teenage pregnancy. She exploreshow things like anorexia and drugs amongst teenagers are accepted bysociety and how teenage pregnancy is not. McAuley also criticizesprejudice and stereotyping in the society. I enjoyed reading both TheSeduction and To His Coy Mistress. I preferred Eileen McAuleysThe Seduction because it has a more important message, also becauseit is directed at my age group.