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Does “Godiva” glorify the past at the expense of the present?

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?

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  1. Does “Godiva” glorify the past at the expense of the present? By Amy, Lottie and Hannah

  2. Introduction • Ambiguous • Aspects to support both sides • Perhaps it glorifies the present instead?

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

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