The Weight of Marriage: A Feminist Perspective

The poetess, Jennifer, sits heavily upon her hands, bearing the weight of her marital life. She says that marriage is so painful, so hard, that she's unable to do what she wants to do - pursue her passion for embroidery. The metaphor is clear: just as the needle pierces through the fabric, Jennifer's fingers tremble with fear, knowing that her husband may be watching her every move. The band on her hand, a symbol of her marital status, feels like a weighty burden, restricting her freedom and creativity.

Jennifer's hands are not merely trembling due to the physical act of sewing; they're afraid of being discovered by her husband. She fears that if he were to see her working on her embroidery, she'd be caught in a moment of solitude, away from the domestic duties that consume her life. This fear is suffocating, making it difficult for Jennifer to express herself, to pursue her passion freely. The poem highlights the societal constraints placed on women, particularly those who are married and expected to conform to traditional roles.

The poetess skillfully weaves together themes of oppression, creativity, and empowerment. She masterfully conveys the struggles faced by women in patriarchal societies, where they're often relegated to domestic duties and forced to suppress their desires and aspirations. Jennifer's hands, which were once meant to create beauty through embroidery, are now weighed down by the expectations of her husband and society. The image of Jennifer's terrified hands lying still, ringed with "deals" (presumably, the tedious tasks she's been assigned), is a powerful commentary on the suffocating nature of domestic life.

The poem also touches on the theme of artistic expression as a means of liberation. Jennifer's fingers flutter with excitement as she thinks about creating her own work, free from the constraints of her marital life. However, this desire for creative freedom is constantly thwarted by the oppressive weight of her husband's expectations. The poem suggests that women are often denied the opportunity to express themselves authentically, their art and creativity suppressed in favor of more "suitable" pursuits.

The final stanza offers a glimmer of hope - when Jennifer passes away, her hands will lie still, but they'll also be free from the weight of her domestic duties. The image of her dying hands is a poignant reminder that freedom can be found even in death, and that the act of creating art can be a powerful means of self-expression and liberation. The poetess's use of the tiger as a symbol of pride and fearlessness is apt; Jennifer longs to be like this fearless creature, unafraid to express herself and pursue her passions.

The poem serves as a scathing critique of the societal norms that restrict women's lives. It highlights the ways in which women are forced into domestic roles, suppressing their desires and aspirations for creative expression. Jennifer's story is a powerful reminder of the importance of female empowerment and the need to challenge patriarchal societies that seek to control women's lives. The poem is a testament to the enduring power of art as a means of self-expression and liberation, even in the face of oppressive societal norms.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: engood evening children so children today we will be doing a sixth point of English reader book flamingo entitled aunt Jennifer's Tigers so a beautifully written piece of art by a dream rich you know children a dry rich was a feminist a drain rich you know a kind of writer who fights for the rights of females she is widely known for her involvement in contemporary women's movement as a poet as well as a theorist right so as it is given also she has published 19 Walliams of poetry three collection of essays and other writings as well you know a strong resistance to racism and militarism equals through her work at the point on Jennifer Steiger addresses the constraints of married life over men experiences you know constraints of a married life the poem is about a woman the poem is about aunt Jennifer or the poem is probably about a drill which herself whose marriage has not been a happy one who fell accidentally into a sad marriage you know aunt Jennifer has suffered at the hands of her husband like she makes in the poem it's depicted that she makes pictures of Tigers on the panel you must have seen people doing embroidery on the clothes on a piece of cloth they do embroidery and you know they take the clothes and get it tight you know put it tightly in a frame put it tightly in a frame that is also known as panel commonly PA aniele panel or frame that is round in shape right so she does that embroidery and make the pick of tigers on the cloud right you know but she is in the grip of those old eels which have crushed her life means she has gone through so much of the torture in her marriage married life that you know she adopts Tigers as a rider I do l as her idol so you know tiger as you know tiger is a symbol of strength and freedom so aunt Jennifer creates Tigers on her panels you know that means she wants to attain freedom in her life she wants freedom from the shackles of married life right so she's making the figures of type Tigers with the help of an ivory needle right she makes the figures roaming freely in the forest Tigers who roam freely in the forest and we all know that Tigers are not at all afraid of anyone they are not afraid of the men standing under the trees they pace about fearlessly so such are the things depicted in the poem I hope you would really like reading it so starting with the text on Jennifer's Tigers prance across a scene France means jump across jump across a screen screen you know it is said that whatever is in the boundary whatever is within the area screen means and Jennifer as you know creating Tigers by her ivory needle and the Tigers she is creating are jumping out of that frame they are coming out of that frame so see why on Jennifer's Tigers prance across the screen bright tapas denizens of a world of green bright you know shining tapas means gems right gems and denizens I hope you know that means citizens citizens of a world of green green you know forests they do not fear the men beneath the tree the pace in sleek chivalric set I hope you have got the context in which the poet s as talking she describes the Tigers which her aunt Jennifer created by using colored threads on a piece of clothes right so the Tigers are set in motion the Tigers are not silent they are not at rest in fact the Tigers are moving quickly by raising the front legs and jumping forwards on their back legs right so in the green jungle green hair means forest or jungle in the green jungle they look bright yellow of course the color of the tiger they look bright yellow and as valuable as the gems means she she says bright toppest denizens it means the color of the tiger is bright yellow and the Tigers are shining like tapas the Tigers are shining like gems right which reveals her dream of a bright and happy life in her needlework you know she gives a hint that there are women who are bound in the four walls of the house in fact you know they have the talent to do something they have the talent to get their independence they can work so well that they may earn a lot of money they may earn a lot of fame in the society but they are curbed within their marriage life probably there by their husbands or by their in-laws so you know the pointers here says that this drawing of this creation of Tiger symbolizes that she wants freedom she had dreamed of a happy life you know there are men sitting under the trees in the jungle it means in this whole world the men are sitting the men are sitting means this world especially if to talk of our country you know male dominance is there meals dominate the lives of females so that's why she says that you know the men are sitting under the trees but the Tigers do not care for these men they go on their goal boldly and smoothly it's written certainly sleek chivalric certainly chivalric you know they go on bravely right they are not afraid of anyone they are not afraid of any man at all right so on Jennifer's Tigers are not living once actually she has knitted K&I tt Edie knitted she has knitted in wound right so they are jumping across the screen or a wall they look shining they look shining like gems right so the Tigers live in green forests they are fearless why they are not afraid of anyone nobody could harm them right so they run with the well-groomed honourable confidence that's what she says in first denture right I hope that's clear move to second stanza aren't Jennifer's fingers fluttering through her whole fluttering you know tremble flutter means tremble to move fluttering through her wool find even the ivory neither hard to pull the poem is slipping into a sad note the massive weight of uncle's wedding band sits heavily upon on Jennifer's hand you know literal meaning of these four lines is that that aren't Jennifer's fingers tremble when she moves the ivory needle you know what would be the weight of a needle hardly one gram two grams right like very like very less miniature we may say right so aren't Jennifer's fingers you know tremble while she uses that needle fine even though every needle hard to pull she feels it a difficult task to pull out that heavy needle she feels it difficult she finds it hard hard means difficult right it means the massive weight of uncle's wedding band uncle means aunt's husband and Jennifer's husband massive means heavy weight heavy weight of her married husband offer marriage heavy weight of her marriage sits heavily upon on Jennifer's hands so sure what does the boy des mean by this she says that the married life is so painful her married life is so hard right that she is not able to do what she actually wants to do she actually wants to start a profession of doing embroidery but metaphorically you know she finds it difficult to make pictures of tigers by using the ivory needle why it's not that the band which she is wearing in her hand is so heavy you know the one we call Kangin right it's not that those bangles are so heavy the poetess actually means that you know the pictures she makes is her hobby but she's tired of doing the household work after she got married she can't get herself involved in her area of interest right she has to do it in her leisure time only like if she gets time after doing the washing of clothes utensils after cleaning the house after preparing the food after doing all the miscellaneous tasks right if she gets time then she involves herself in making embroidery right but she hardly gets any time so that's why she says that heavy weight of marriage is there on her shoulders right so share for that the point is is that even then you know she has to be sure whether her husband is watching her or not you know so that's why her hands are terrified or the fact was not that her hands get because of you know moving of that new needle no that's a hobby that sir passion right so her hands tremble because she is afraid whether her husband is watching her or not right why because if her husband would be watching her she'll not be able to do that comfortably she will not be free from fear until she dies right so see it's expressed well in the next length when aunt is dead her terrified hands will lie still ringed with all deals she was mastered by ordeals you know difficult times mastered dominated by the Tigers in the panel that she made we'll go on prancing proud and unafraid prancing jumping right so unafraid means state of being fearless so the pointer says that aunt Jennifer will die but her art will express it will clearly express her desire to move proudly and fearlessly like the tiger she has created on that piece of cloth right her hands are terrified because of the massive weight of household duties that she has to do in her routine life on daily basis like they are heavily pressed her hands have undergone you know several kinds of trials she is dominated by her husband continuously since the day of them since the day of their marriage her fingers flutter right so by mentioning that uncle's wedding band is a kind of a stressing thing for us for her the poet suggests that you know uncle owns Jennifer uncle owns the house and uncle owns Jennifer as well you know why because Jennifer is a female and she lives in a male-dominated society she is actually the property of her husband so the word massive and heavily suggests on Jennifer's ring and you know it expresses her state of being trapped in her you know she is controlled like an animal her husband is her master so that's why her wish is to be like a tiger because a tiger is proud and unafraid its fearless right it shows her real face Tigers are fierce courageous and independent animals I would say right they led the life they want to live so but aunt Jennifer is you know her life is opposite to the Tigers she is quite covered and you know she is financially dependent on her husband totally she leads her life the way her husband likes her right so Tigers are an inappropriate sorry Tigers are an appropriate contrast to contrast to on Jennifer you know the boy test says that death is the essential end of every living being and aunt Jennifer is no exception at all you know however her life has been quite harsh to her as she had to face tortures at the hands of her husband death will bring respite from all this but lifeless hands will still fear the symbol of her wedding that is in the form of wedding band right so you know all in all this refers to the unhappy life of females who are forced into their marriage life and who are not able to free themselves and express themselves in this materialistic world sometimes some of the females have more of talent as compared to their husbands they can earn much better they can earn much more but you know they are curved either out of jealousy or out of insecurity so greatly you know described idea a very well-written poem again I would like to remind you that aunt Jennifer has written this poem in from a feministic point of view so read it from that you may probably come to know about the unhappy side of marriage so that is always there for most of the females right so I hope you have liked the point and do solve the question answers there at the end and must write the theme and summary of the poem so I would ask you questions in our life session so stay connected happy learning thank yougood evening children so children today we will be doing a sixth point of English reader book flamingo entitled aunt Jennifer's Tigers so a beautifully written piece of art by a dream rich you know children a dry rich was a feminist a drain rich you know a kind of writer who fights for the rights of females she is widely known for her involvement in contemporary women's movement as a poet as well as a theorist right so as it is given also she has published 19 Walliams of poetry three collection of essays and other writings as well you know a strong resistance to racism and militarism equals through her work at the point on Jennifer Steiger addresses the constraints of married life over men experiences you know constraints of a married life the poem is about a woman the poem is about aunt Jennifer or the poem is probably about a drill which herself whose marriage has not been a happy one who fell accidentally into a sad marriage you know aunt Jennifer has suffered at the hands of her husband like she makes in the poem it's depicted that she makes pictures of Tigers on the panel you must have seen people doing embroidery on the clothes on a piece of cloth they do embroidery and you know they take the clothes and get it tight you know put it tightly in a frame put it tightly in a frame that is also known as panel commonly PA aniele panel or frame that is round in shape right so she does that embroidery and make the pick of tigers on the cloud right you know but she is in the grip of those old eels which have crushed her life means she has gone through so much of the torture in her marriage married life that you know she adopts Tigers as a rider I do l as her idol so you know tiger as you know tiger is a symbol of strength and freedom so aunt Jennifer creates Tigers on her panels you know that means she wants to attain freedom in her life she wants freedom from the shackles of married life right so she's making the figures of type Tigers with the help of an ivory needle right she makes the figures roaming freely in the forest Tigers who roam freely in the forest and we all know that Tigers are not at all afraid of anyone they are not afraid of the men standing under the trees they pace about fearlessly so such are the things depicted in the poem I hope you would really like reading it so starting with the text on Jennifer's Tigers prance across a scene France means jump across jump across a screen screen you know it is said that whatever is in the boundary whatever is within the area screen means and Jennifer as you know creating Tigers by her ivory needle and the Tigers she is creating are jumping out of that frame they are coming out of that frame so see why on Jennifer's Tigers prance across the screen bright tapas denizens of a world of green bright you know shining tapas means gems right gems and denizens I hope you know that means citizens citizens of a world of green green you know forests they do not fear the men beneath the tree the pace in sleek chivalric set I hope you have got the context in which the poet s as talking she describes the Tigers which her aunt Jennifer created by using colored threads on a piece of clothes right so the Tigers are set in motion the Tigers are not silent they are not at rest in fact the Tigers are moving quickly by raising the front legs and jumping forwards on their back legs right so in the green jungle green hair means forest or jungle in the green jungle they look bright yellow of course the color of the tiger they look bright yellow and as valuable as the gems means she she says bright toppest denizens it means the color of the tiger is bright yellow and the Tigers are shining like tapas the Tigers are shining like gems right which reveals her dream of a bright and happy life in her needlework you know she gives a hint that there are women who are bound in the four walls of the house in fact you know they have the talent to do something they have the talent to get their independence they can work so well that they may earn a lot of money they may earn a lot of fame in the society but they are curbed within their marriage life probably there by their husbands or by their in-laws so you know the pointers here says that this drawing of this creation of Tiger symbolizes that she wants freedom she had dreamed of a happy life you know there are men sitting under the trees in the jungle it means in this whole world the men are sitting the men are sitting means this world especially if to talk of our country you know male dominance is there meals dominate the lives of females so that's why she says that you know the men are sitting under the trees but the Tigers do not care for these men they go on their goal boldly and smoothly it's written certainly sleek chivalric certainly chivalric you know they go on bravely right they are not afraid of anyone they are not afraid of any man at all right so on Jennifer's Tigers are not living once actually she has knitted K&I tt Edie knitted she has knitted in wound right so they are jumping across the screen or a wall they look shining they look shining like gems right so the Tigers live in green forests they are fearless why they are not afraid of anyone nobody could harm them right so they run with the well-groomed honourable confidence that's what she says in first denture right I hope that's clear move to second stanza aren't Jennifer's fingers fluttering through her whole fluttering you know tremble flutter means tremble to move fluttering through her wool find even the ivory neither hard to pull the poem is slipping into a sad note the massive weight of uncle's wedding band sits heavily upon on Jennifer's hand you know literal meaning of these four lines is that that aren't Jennifer's fingers tremble when she moves the ivory needle you know what would be the weight of a needle hardly one gram two grams right like very like very less miniature we may say right so aren't Jennifer's fingers you know tremble while she uses that needle fine even though every needle hard to pull she feels it a difficult task to pull out that heavy needle she feels it difficult she finds it hard hard means difficult right it means the massive weight of uncle's wedding band uncle means aunt's husband and Jennifer's husband massive means heavy weight heavy weight of her married husband offer marriage heavy weight of her marriage sits heavily upon on Jennifer's hands so sure what does the boy des mean by this she says that the married life is so painful her married life is so hard right that she is not able to do what she actually wants to do she actually wants to start a profession of doing embroidery but metaphorically you know she finds it difficult to make pictures of tigers by using the ivory needle why it's not that the band which she is wearing in her hand is so heavy you know the one we call Kangin right it's not that those bangles are so heavy the poetess actually means that you know the pictures she makes is her hobby but she's tired of doing the household work after she got married she can't get herself involved in her area of interest right she has to do it in her leisure time only like if she gets time after doing the washing of clothes utensils after cleaning the house after preparing the food after doing all the miscellaneous tasks right if she gets time then she involves herself in making embroidery right but she hardly gets any time so that's why she says that heavy weight of marriage is there on her shoulders right so share for that the point is is that even then you know she has to be sure whether her husband is watching her or not you know so that's why her hands are terrified or the fact was not that her hands get because of you know moving of that new needle no that's a hobby that sir passion right so her hands tremble because she is afraid whether her husband is watching her or not right why because if her husband would be watching her she'll not be able to do that comfortably she will not be free from fear until she dies right so see it's expressed well in the next length when aunt is dead her terrified hands will lie still ringed with all deals she was mastered by ordeals you know difficult times mastered dominated by the Tigers in the panel that she made we'll go on prancing proud and unafraid prancing jumping right so unafraid means state of being fearless so the pointer says that aunt Jennifer will die but her art will express it will clearly express her desire to move proudly and fearlessly like the tiger she has created on that piece of cloth right her hands are terrified because of the massive weight of household duties that she has to do in her routine life on daily basis like they are heavily pressed her hands have undergone you know several kinds of trials she is dominated by her husband continuously since the day of them since the day of their marriage her fingers flutter right so by mentioning that uncle's wedding band is a kind of a stressing thing for us for her the poet suggests that you know uncle owns Jennifer uncle owns the house and uncle owns Jennifer as well you know why because Jennifer is a female and she lives in a male-dominated society she is actually the property of her husband so the word massive and heavily suggests on Jennifer's ring and you know it expresses her state of being trapped in her you know she is controlled like an animal her husband is her master so that's why her wish is to be like a tiger because a tiger is proud and unafraid its fearless right it shows her real face Tigers are fierce courageous and independent animals I would say right they led the life they want to live so but aunt Jennifer is you know her life is opposite to the Tigers she is quite covered and you know she is financially dependent on her husband totally she leads her life the way her husband likes her right so Tigers are an inappropriate sorry Tigers are an appropriate contrast to contrast to on Jennifer you know the boy test says that death is the essential end of every living being and aunt Jennifer is no exception at all you know however her life has been quite harsh to her as she had to face tortures at the hands of her husband death will bring respite from all this but lifeless hands will still fear the symbol of her wedding that is in the form of wedding band right so you know all in all this refers to the unhappy life of females who are forced into their marriage life and who are not able to free themselves and express themselves in this materialistic world sometimes some of the females have more of talent as compared to their husbands they can earn much better they can earn much more but you know they are curved either out of jealousy or out of insecurity so greatly you know described idea a very well-written poem again I would like to remind you that aunt Jennifer has written this poem in from a feministic point of view so read it from that you may probably come to know about the unhappy side of marriage so that is always there for most of the females right so I hope you have liked the point and do solve the question answers there at the end and must write the theme and summary of the poem so I would ask you questions in our life session so stay connected happy learning thank you\n"