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Does “Godiva” glorify the past at the expense of the present?. By Amy, Lottie and Hannah. Introduction. Ambiguous Aspects to support both sides Perhaps it glorifies the present instead? . Ao3. Glorify past Past and present clearly separated Present in italics
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Does “Godiva” glorify the past at the expense of the present? By Amy, Lottie and Hannah
Introduction • Ambiguous • Aspects to support both sides • Perhaps it glorifies the present instead?
Ao3 • Glorify past • Past and present clearly separated • Present in italics • Makes past seem more important • Glorify present • “upon his town, and all the mothers brought Their children, clamouring, ‘If we pay we starve’” (14) • Women and children vulnerable • Audience grateful of present
Ao4 • Peeping Tom • “his eyes, before they had their will, Were shrivell’d into darkness in his head, And dropt before him.” (69) • Byword • Linking to past • Name associated with the act of peeping • “New men that in the flying of the wheel” (6) • New technology, making present good for • “I waited for the train at Coventry” (1) • People couldn’t dream of it back then • Tennyson is lucky
Conclusion • Ambiguous • Glorifies present at extent of past • Although the people back then were good enough not to look • People now may not do the same