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Mrs Tiresias, by Carol Ann Duffy The Classroom斯夫人由Carol Ann杜菲教室

Mrs Tiresias, by Carol Ann Duffy Tiresias, according to one legend, hit two copulating snakes with a stick and was turned into a woman by Hera. (Why are snakes always baddies in literature?) Seven years later he encounters another pair of copulating snakes. He hits them with a stick and is turned back into a man. The Roman god and goddess Jupiter (Zeus) and Juno (Hera) are married and have a row about love-making. In short, Jupiter is unhappy with the quantity and Juno is unhappy with the quality. They want to know whether a man or a woman receives the most pleasure from sex. Being the only one who could speak from experience, Tiresias was brought in to answer. He said the female, and Juno, enraged, made him blind. He then became a soothsayer and told Oedipus that hed killed his father and married his mother, but thats not important to the point; nor to this lesson. Two copulating snakes turn Tiresias into a woman And years later Tiresias meets two copulating snakes and is turned back into a man Carol Ann Duffy Carol Ann Duffy is a poet whose work is often used for coursework and in exams at GCSE. Carol Ann Duffy is our Poet Laureate. That means that she is the official poet for the nation. She writes poems for important national events. In return she receives a crate of sherry every year. Carol Ann Duffy comes from an Irish background and grew up in Glasgow. She is the first woman Poet Laureate. She is also the first lesbian Poet Laureate. The most important thing to remember about poetry is that it makes us see things through somebody else’s eyes. Questions: The Poem: All I know is this: he went out for his walk a man and came home female. ? Out the back gate with his stick, the dog; wearing his garden kecks, an open-necked shirt, and a jacket in Harris tweed I’d patched at the elbows myself. ? Whistling. ? He liked to hear the first cuckoo of Spring then write to the Times. I’d usually heard it days before him but I never let on. Who do you think is speak