English Literature: Carol Ann Duffy Liar

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What is the message of the poem?

Everyone lives differently, can't judge people because everyone has secrets and fantasies

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Talk about the title 'Liar'

Lying to themselves, not just the man/women, the psychiatrist and judge too. Judgement made before you read.

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"She made things up: for example, that she was really a man."

STarts off with something ordinary, then gets more striking, juxtaposition. 'A man' on its own line to gain attention and emphasis. Blunt tone.

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"Her cotton floral day-frock...heavy herringbone from Oxfam"

Juxtaposition - feminine and masculine.

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"He was called Susan actually"

Juxtaposition, he and Susan in the same sentence.

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"She lived like you do"

Lives like you, normal on outside, different inside, we don't understand

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"A dozen slack rope-ends in each dream hand, tugging uselessly on memory or hope"

Goes back to frayed rope ends - confused and can't keep hold of anything

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"I nearly drowned" (italics)

Italics replace speech marks - gives character mockery and emphasis

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"Our secret films are private affairs, watched behind the eyes. She spoke in subtitles. Not on."

We all have secrets. The difference is he/she has been found, more are in the head. Two lives off the people - she's living a life, subtitles turned off, people don't understand.

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"The ambulance whined all the way"

Personification - suggests a child shock/disturbs

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Card 2

Front

Talk about the title 'Liar'

Back

Lying to themselves, not just the man/women, the psychiatrist and judge too. Judgement made before you read.

Card 3

Front

"She made things up: for example, that she was really a man."

Back

Card 4

Front

"Her cotton floral day-frock...heavy herringbone from Oxfam"

Back

Card 5

Front

"He was called Susan actually"

Back

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English Literature: Carol Ann Duffy Liar