Critical Analysis of Mrs Lazarus Essay

Next line portrays that she must have got unify on the day that her husband died if she had ripped her wedding clothes from her body. This stanza provides the reader with physicality by the engage of the words ripped, howled, shrieked, clawed, retched etc. onomatopoetic portray a violent narrator. howled, clawed anthropomorphic. Repetition everyplace and over, jobless, dead. play that she thought of him repeatedly. This stanza displays as her almost hating him because he died. time organise Short sentence to start enlarges immediacy.Long sentence follows represent how coarse she has grieved over the one she had lost how long the process of retrieval had been. oral communication emotional, aggressive, sinister, chilling. general tone depressing, graphic/gruesome. Themes death, sorrow, aftermath. Stanza 2 Remains in past tense. Gutted associated with gutting lean unpleasant symbolising destruction of her home. Colour interchange from white to dark conveys white as being before he died (symbol of purity, holiness), and dark as the world she is in straight that he is at rest(p) (symbol of evil, desperation)Symbolism of isolation Single cot (relates to Mrs Quasimodo i. e. Single silver fish), widow, one empty g deal, half intellect of her ghost incomplete. White femur bones dust ashes relates to the fact that her husband is now reduced to this because he is dead. Stuffed dark suits into black bags implies a finish? Could name her suicidal nature her husbands death had, inevitably, driven her to her testify death. noosed the double knot of the tie round my bare neck the still way she can dispel the isolation is to kill herself. double sense of being whole again. Sense that her grieving continues. bare neck refers book binding to the 1st stanza where she had stripped herself of her clothes. Sentence Structure Short, simplistic, reflecting a childs dialect i. e. Gone home Language unemotional could symbolise her regu larity of recuperation general tone graphic, angry, vengeful, remorseful Themes neglect, isolation, suicide Stanza 3 Continues on from second stanza. Religious reference gaunt nun reference to her oblige celibacy (duty to stay faithful to her dead husband). move of Bereavement relates to Stations of the Cross symbolising that she, like Jesus, has to struggle. icon of my face relates to statues and figures in churches as well implies that her facial expression remains the same since the day of her husbands death. touching herself conveys that the exactly pleasure she is able to achieve would be by touching herself. Following lines imply that these were the only memories that she had of him i. e. he dwindled away. Her only memories of him were of his illness. shrunk to the size of a snaps bitter modernisation a picture remains only a stock, as had Mrs Lazaruss husband. Sentence Structure Long low-spirited with commas symbolises constant bereavementLanguage religi ous, frustrated yet sorrowful, modern Overall tone frustrated, resentful Themes celibacy, religion Stanza 4 Continues from third stanza with repletion of tone ending displays the fact that she does not feel as though he is bypast yet. Tangible memories of Lazarus i. e. the fuzz fallen from his head, his scent both vanishing the last h note, his scent went. Imagery of their disappea crowd marriage no value, no meaning. ring supposed to symbolise eternal sleep with conventional meaning is corrupted in this case.He is no longer worth anything to her as he is now only a small zero. Sentence Structure Be feeler shorter as she begins to forget about him. She is beginning to dismiss him from her life. Language dismissive, unemotional Overall tone guilt-free, disgusted Themes independence Stanza 5 past he was gone simplistic sense of immediacy, perhaps unexpected he exists no more. legend forgotten he became just words run-in. schoolteacher perhaps he had taught her something in her life? mans strength protection But I was faithful for as long as it took as long as what took? Perhaps premeditated murder? Religious reference faithful to whom? God? Lazarus? Until he was a memory it took quite a while for her to come to terms with everything perhaps she was laborious to remain celibate? Sentence Structure varied length symbolise the normality of her life now. Language settled (i. e. no anger, no material emotion) Overall tone defensive But I was faithful for as long as it took Themes deceit Stanza 6 Setting of scene product line, moon night time embodiment of atmosphere fine airObserving and admiring landscape. shouting disruption of new healed life. Were the men coming for her? Why were they shouting? Sentence Structure Long, flows illustrate the calm pink of my John of her current life until the interruption of shouting men. Language calm, descriptive Overall tone serene Themes admiration of the simple things in life S tanza 7 Continues from stanza 6. Images of people chasing her. Building up of tension repetition of I knew. Personification of light sly in time the light had betrayed her labelled her as the wife of an ill man. shrill eyes piercing into her evil undeserved highlights that the society had a prejudice of her husband because of his illness. Overwhelmed by crowds of people feels consumed by the hot tang and the hands bearing her. Sentence Structure varied. Broken with commas to illustrate the break in her normality. Language anxiousOverall tone horrible Themes betrayal Stanza 8 Illustrates the resurrection of her husband. He lived shock, disbelief. the horror on his face even he was terrified of her situation. She cannot escape the memory of him, no matter how faraway away he may seem. saw, heard, breathed use of the senses immediacy rotting. This stanza could be her mind revisiting the memory of Lazaruss dead body. This could symbolise her reuniting with him he r escape from isolation. From beyond the grave, Lazarus maintains control over Mrs Lazarus she is unable to loose him from her mind eternally married to him so she must be faithful. Does love defy death? Sentence Structure Long symbolise the turn back of bereavement. Language graphic/gruesome to describe disfigured body/their love Overall tone depressing, horrific