Question

Do you sympathise with Aunt Jennifer? What is the attitude of the speaker towards Aunt Jennifer?

Answer 1

Hint: This question is from a beautiful and symbolic poem. In this, the poet describes the problems faced by the married woman. She has represented the inner feelings of the woman who is suffering the pain of male dominance.

Complete answer:
This question is extracted from the poem Aunt Jennifer’s tiger written by Adrienne Rich. In this poem, the poet addresses the problem suffered by aunt Jennifer. She tells us that the aunt creates a tiger on the panel which specifies that this is the figure of the fearless creature who is roaring in the forest.

Unlikely, the condition of Aunt Jennifer is opposite to the tiger. As she is under male dominance. She is living her life with the pain of her husband’s dominance. By drawing the tiger, she is reflecting her desire of being free. She is scared while creating a tiger also because her husband is harsh to her at the time of doing embroidery. She is exhausted due to the burden of her marriage.

According to the question, we need to tell that if I sympathize with the condition of Aunt Jennifer and also talk about the speaker’s attitude towards her.

Yes, I do sympathize with Aunt Jennifer as she is overburdened with her marriage as is treated harshly by her husband. On other hand, the speaker is also sympathetic towards her because she had faced many hardships and hardships in her married life.

Note: At the time of the death of Aunt Jennifer, her hands are weak. This states that she was very unhappy in her life. She is not at all free from the burden of her marriage at the time of her death because her finger still holds her marriage ring. This poem shows irony as the tiger created by her will go on roaring and playing fearlessly but she has no freedom even after her death. She strongly desired to live life like the tiger.