Comparison of "Havisham" and "Salome" by Carol Ann Duffy

... Comparison of "Havisham" and "Salome" by Carol Ann Duffy Carol Ann Duffy decided to write poems about to lonely women, which appear in literature. Both female, both reclusive, but for very different reasons. I would like to show how Carol Ann presented those distinctions and similarities. To begin with, the voices of the poems are both single and female. However, the reasons of being forlorn are contrasting. Salome is aware of her loneliness and the fact that she was involved in many one night stands: "I'd done it before (and doubtless I'll do it sooner or later)" The reason of Havisham's spinster state is that she was jilted by her fiance - she is not wanted anymore. Both ladies are exposing in the poem their feelings concerning men. Havisham, has assorted emotions concerning her ex-boyfriend, which she expresses in an oxymoron: "Beloved sweetheart bastard" To my mind, Salome doesn't embark herself in

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