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Explore the poem ‘Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti and compare it to ‘Seduction’ by Elaine McCauley
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Explore the poem 'Cousin Kate' by Christina Rossetti and compare it to 'Seduction' by Elaine McCauley In my essay I will be exploring the similarities and contrasts between the above poems. Cousin Kate was written around in the Victorian era. Women where seen as inferior to men at this time. Elaine McCauley's 'Seduction' is set in the '80's when women where seen as equal but where obviously still treated as inferior by a majority of the male population. Both of the poems deal with sexual aspects of the women's lives and show how men have used them and run their lives and then left them when there is sign of commitment, in both poems they either become pregnant or have a child. Also both poems show the social acceptance and status of women in the 1800's and 1980's. 'Cousin Kate' is by Christina Rossetti, is about a...
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