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Summary The Map Woman by Carol Ann Duffy

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💌 DUFFY’S MESSAGE & INTENTIONS:

women try to change for male validation

women change = self-motivated?

conforming to consumerism
‘THE GOSPEL TRUTH’ -
societal pressure us to look a certain way
identity is not fixed; change
women need to find themselves - finding your own skin that you’re can be made
comfortable with




SUMMARY
begins by telling of a woman who has a ‘map of the town / where she’d grown’ as her ‘skin’

Duffy fuses memory with physical appearance, suggesting that identity is formed from past experiences

as the poem progresses describing how the map spans the whole woman’s body

she tries to escape - travels the world, experiencing new culture

yet she cannot really escape her past

the identity formed as a child has followed her forever - represented by the constant presence of the map

there are moments of positivity within the poem BUT the overall tone is gloomy and depressing

eventually the woman manages to shed her skin YET even then, deep in her bones the ‘old streets’ remain




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