Adrienne Rich chose to express her silent revolt through her poem, Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers, just as Aunt Jennifer did with her embroidery. Explain.
Answer
- Aunt Jennifer, vents out her frustrations of an unhappy marriage through her embroidery .
- She wishes to be fearless like the bright topaz tigers prancing among the denizens of the world, carefree and not afraid of men under the trees.
- She uses the craft as a creative outlet to express her frustrations against societal expectations. She criticizes the traditional institution of marriage and suggests how it oppressed women .