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... Compare the Girl in "Not My Best Side" with another female Persona in a poem in the "Identity" Collection... The girl in "Not My Best Side" by Ursula Fanthorpe is almost vindictively feminine, flaunting her sexuality at the reader. I have chosen to compare this confident female with the almost completely opposite, almost shadow, of a girl in "The Unknown Girl". The words of the girl in Fanthorpe's poem display the character of a self interested, sexually liberated woman who is prepared to openly challenge the time's conventions. What is more, she announces this immediately, without preamble: "Its hard for a girl to be sure if/ She wants to be rescued", straightaway dispensing of the traditional role of the heroine desperately trying to escape the clutches of her captor. Her colloquialism, her casual style, and her utter frankness are in deep contrast with the more subtle and refined wording of "An Unknown
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