class 12th... poem - Aunt jennifer's tigers ........ Answer the questions... (a) what makes you conclude that aunt jennifer was an anguished person ? (b) how does the poet evoke sympathy for aunt Jennifer (c) how does the poet show the futility of aunt jennifer's efforts?
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Explanation:
a))
Aunt Jennifer's death signifies that she can only attain freedom in death because as long as she lives she will continue to have her identity subservient to that of her husband. The speaker in the poem seems to be a female cousin of Aunt Jennifer because the person refers to her as aunt.
d))
Yes, the character of Aunt Jennifer wins our sympathy as a reader. Her ordeals and sufferings move the reader. Even the speaker in the poem shows sympathy and pity towards her. The speaker says that even after Aunt Jennifer's death, she will be terrified of her husband and the ordeals of her marriage.
c))
Aunt Jennifer's efforts to get rid of marital oppression and suppression proved to be futile because as long as she lived, she could never ever get the freedom she longed for. ... She lived this oppressed and suppressed life for some years and finally died. The tigers she had created kept on prancing.