Monday, January 28, 2013

Gray Blog Post #1/1073




#1 "My Ex- Husband"

In Gabriel Spera's "My Ex-Husband" one clear paradox stood out to me. The woman giving the monologue says how much she dislikes her now ex-husband, though she keeps a framed photograph of him in her home.  She seems to both love and hate this man. I think the meaning behind this paradox is that she is trying to show her control or dominance to her new suiter. She is not in fact in love with him, but keeps the frame as a symbol of her control. Through out the peom she more than hints of his infidelity and perhaps unintentionally shows more of her true character by continuing to bash his. When she says, "since I haven't got a photograph of you" as a reasoning behind keeping this photo of her ex, she is implying that his will be the next photo she displays. Later in the peom she says, "No, we'll take my car" as another way to show him she is in charge. When she says, "all kisses stopped together" she is implying, with her choice of words, that perhaps not just kisses with her have stopped but all his kisses have stopped. That she has somehow put an end to his game and the sham of a marraige. Again this statement seems a warning, though suttle. In the poem she uses the word 'stuck' on two occasions. Towards the begining of the peom she says she 'stuck' the picture in a frame. Farther down she says "I chose never to get stuck". This is her way of declaring to her date that she has made a choice to never be stuck in a relationship like the one she has described in length. Rather than be stuck herself, she has no problem "sticking" him into a frame as well.

1 comment:

  1. I think you have presented very interesting points about this poem. I was a little confused however, towards the end when you said "rather than be stuck herself, she has no problem 'sticking' him into a frame as well." I'm not quite sure what you mean by this, so some more explaing would be helpful.

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