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FLAMINGO: AUNT JENNIFER’S TIGERS
ADRIENNE RICH
 

Question. For Aunt Jennifer, what do the tigers symbolise?
(A) Creative energy of women.
(B) Male-dominated society.
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Liberal society.

Answer : C

Question. Read the statements given below. Choose the option that accurately describes the given statements.
Statement I: The poem is a manifesto against the institution of marriage.
Statement II: Aunt Jennifer represents all women artists.
Statement III: The poem embodies an alternative for women to express their repressed desires through art. 
(A) Statement I is True, Statement II is False, Statement III cannot be inferred.
(B) Statement I and III are False, Statement II cannot be inferred.
(C) Statement I and II are True, Statement III cannot be inferred.
(D) Statement I is False, Statement II cannot be inferred, Statement III is True.

Answer : B

Question. What is the attitude of the speaker towards Aunt Jennifer?
(A) He is indifferent to her.
(B) He loves her.
(C) He sympathises with her.
(D) He is cruel towards her.

Answer : C

Question. Choose the option that does NOT reflect what the tigers represent in the poem: 
(A) Aunt Jennifer’s undying hopes
(B) Aunt Jennifer’s failing marriage
(C) Aunt Jennifer’s artistic merit
(D) Aunt Jennifer’s frustrations

Answer : B

Question. Why did Aunt Jennifer choose to embroider tigers on the panel?
(A) To express her suppressed feelings.
(B) To express her inner strengths.
(C) To express her latent fighting spirit of a warrior.
(D) All of these.

Answer : D

Question. What was Aunt mastered by?
(A) her embroidery skills.
(B) her culinary skills.
(C) her taming of the tigers.
(D) her ordeals.

Answer : D

Question. Which of the following character traits suit Aunt Jennifer?
(A) bold and chivalric
(B) old and submissive
(C) cruel and tyrannical
(D) powerful and authoritarian

Answer : B

Question. Aunt Jennifer’s terrified hands would tell ___________ after her death.
(A) story of her life
(B) her strength to find her ways and beat the fears
(C) her constrained married life
(D) All of these

Answer : D

Question. Which of the following does NOT represent the contrast between Aunt Jennifer and the tigers?
(A) Uncertainty and confidence
(B) Terror and fearlessness
(C) Fiefdom and freedom
(D) Authority and autonomy

Answer : D

Question. The tone of the poem towards the end reflects _____________.
(A) happy moments
(B) resolving situation
(C) remorse and tension
(D) bright future

Answer : C

Extract Based MCQs :

Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow: 

Aunt Jennifer’s finger fluttering through her wool
Find even the ivory needle hard to pull.
The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band
Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand. 

Question. How would you describe Aunt Jennifer based on the above extract?
(A) Oppressed
(B) Malnourished
(C) Aging
(D) Diseased

Answer : A

Question. Which of the following is an example of an alliteration?
(A) Finger fluttering through the wool
(B) Upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand
(C) Ivory needle hard to pull
(D) Massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band

Answer : A

Question. Uncle’s wedding band sits heavily on Aunt Jennifer’s hand because :
(A) it is an expensive and heavy ring.
(B) she was married against her will.
(C) she feels burdened in her marriage.
(D) their relationship is lacking in love.

Answer : C

Question. Pick the option that displays the image which correctly corresponds to the type of task Aunt is engaged in:
CBSE Class 12 English Aunt Jennifers Tiger Worksheet_1
(A) Option (i)
(B) Option (ii)
(C) Option (iii)
(D) Option (iv)

Answer : B

When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie
Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.
The tigers in the panel that she made
Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid. 

Question. Read the statement given below:
Aunt Jennifer’s plight is best explained by her hands, they hold both her freedom and the instrument of her imprisonment.
Choose the option that best explains the above statement, as per the extract.
(A) Aunt Jennifer’s hands are terrified, but when she is dead, her tigers will roam free.
(B) Aunt Jennifer knits her desires, but is overpowered by the wedding ring she wears.
(C) Aunt Jennifer’s tigers are proud and unafraid, but she is mastered by ringed ordeals.
(D) Aunt Jennifer makes panels of tigers when she has time from her responsibilities.

Answer : B

Question. What makes the tigers “proud and unafraid”?
(A) They embody the grandeur and supremacy of animals in the wild.
(B) They symbolise authority and are ‘topaz denizens of green’.
(C) They represent Aunt’s repressed desires for freedom and power.
(D) They are a product of Aunt’s imagination and colonial experience.

Answer : C

Question. Choose the option that DOES NOT reflect the movement implied by ‘prancing’.
(A) Bounding
(B) Frolicking
(C) Strutting
(D) Shuffling

Answer : D

Question. Which of the following CANNOT be inferred from the given extract?
(A) Aunt Jennifer’s tigers will keep her alive in everyone’s memory.
(B) Aunt Jennifer feels oppressed and constricted in her marriage.
(C) Even in death, Aunt Jennifer cannot escape patriarchal subjugation.
(D) Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance as a lasting symbol of her desires.

Answer : A

Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen,
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty. 

Question. What does the phrase, ‘a world of green’ mean?
(A) Grass
(B) Grasslands
(C) Forest
(D) Trees

Answer : C

Question. How are the tigers different from their creator?
(A) Tigers are bold.
(B) Tigers are trained.
(C) Tigers are beautiful.
(D) All of these

Answer : A

Question. Why are the tigers called ‘Aunt Jennifer’s tigers’?
(A) She has tamed them.
(B) She has trained them.
(C) She has sheltered him.
(D) She has embroidered them.

Answer : D

Question. What does the word, ‘chivalric‘ mean?
(A) Bold as compared to women
(B) Sympathetic towards women
(C) Respectful towards women
(D) Quarrelling with women

Answer : C

Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty. 

Question. Why are ‘They’ not afraid of men?
(A) They are strong and powerful..
(B) They are trained by men.
(C) They are unaware about the presence of men.
(D) They are elegant.

Answer : A

Question. Why are they described as denizens of a world of green?
(A) They are supporters of green colour.
(B) They are natives of tribes.
(C) They are natives of forests.
(D) They are natives of grasslands.

Answer : C

Question. How are Aunt Jennifer’s tigers described?
(A) Bright
(B) Confident
(C) Chivalric
(D) All of these

Answer : D

Question. Who are ‘They’ in the lines?
(A) Tigers in the forest
(B) Tigers made of wool
(C) Tigers roaming in the zoo
(D) Tigers purchased by the poet

Answer : B

Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool,
Find even the ivory needle hard to pull.
The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band,
Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.

Question. Why are Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering?
(A) She is embroidering tigers.
(B) She is nervous.
(C) She is suffering from disease.
(D) She has become old.

Answer : B

Question. What is Aunt Jennifer’s state of mind?
(A) Happy
(B) Peaceful
(C) Sad
(D) Perturbed

Answer : D

Question. How do fluttering fingers affect Aunt Jennifer?
(A) Embroiders elegant tigers.
(B) Can’t pull the ivory needle.
(C) Keeps her work aside.
(D) All of these

Answer : B

Question. What does ‘The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band’ mean?
(A) Bound to live with her husband.
(B) Living away from the husband.
(C) Married to her husband as a child.
(D) Forced to lift uncle’s band daily.

Answer : A

Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool
Find even the ivory needle hard to pull.
The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band,
Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.

Question. Why does the ring weigh heavy?
(A) Restrictions of son
(B) Domination of husband
(C) Gaining weight
(D) All of these

Answer : B

Question. Why does she find it difficult to pull her ivory needle?
(A) She is terrorised.
(B) She has become old.
(C) She is unwell.
(D) She has forgotten the use of ivory needle.

Answer : A

Question. What does ‘wedding band‘ stand for?
(A) Wedding ring
(B) Music played at the wedding
(C) Responsibilities towards parents
(D) Responsibilities of married life

Answer : D

Question. What is Aunt Jennifer doing with her wool?
(A) Embroidering tigers.
(B) Making a rug for living room.
(C) Knitting a cardigan for her husband.
(D) Making a doll for her granddaughter.

Answer : A

Short Answer Type Questions :

Question. Describe the tigers created by Aunt Jennifer. 
Answer : Aunt Jennifer’s tigers are very brave and chivalric. They roam about confidently in the forest just like the knights.
They are the inhabitants of the forest and have no fear of the people sitting under the tree.

Question. What will happen when Aunt Jennifer is dead ? 
Answer : When Aunt Jennifer will be dead, she will still remain chained to the ordeals of her married life in the same way as she was mastered by when she was alive. It is considered that she will not be able to shake off the shackles of her married life. Since the society is male dominated, it will show no concern for Aunt’s suffering, even her death.

Question. Would you say that the poem ends on a note of hope? Justify your opinion.
Answer : One redeeming feature of her life is displayed in the last stanza, the prancing, free spirited tigers, will continue indefinitely. This gives a ray of hope for those who see no way out of a relationship. Art can bring a sense of inner peace and instil confidence, however fragile. This gives a ray of hope for those who see no way out of a relationship. Art can bring a sense of inner peace and instil confidence, however fragile.
This is a feminist twist on the classic signature tune of art’s ability to live longer than human life.

Question. How does Aunt Jennifer express her bitterness and anger against male domination ? 
Answer : Aunt Jennifer expresses her bitterness through her art by knitting tigers on the panel which symbolise freedom, strength and chivalry.

Question. How does the poet use the image of ‘fingers fluttering through the wool‘ to highlight Aunt Jennifer’s victimisation?
Answer : The poet highlights the victimization of oppressed Aunt Jennifer in his poem. According to him, she is so terrified of her husband that her fingers tremble when she pulls out the needle through wool which is very light. It symbolizes her physical as well as emotional weakness. The wedding ring which she is wearing seems heavy to her, as she finds it difficult to go ahead as her married life has taken away her freedom from her.

Question. Aunt Jennifer’s efforts to get rid of her fear proved to be futile. Comment. 
Answer : Aunt Jennifer lived in constant fear of her husband. She was very weak and frail. She could never stand up boldly against her tyrannical husband. She revolted silently in her own way, i.e., by creating tigers on a panel to symbolize her wish to be strong, fierce and free like the tigers. There was no escape even after death. Her terrified hands still will be ringed with ordeals that she was mastered with.

Question. Read the given quote. Every poem breaks a silence that had to be overcome.
In your opinion, what silence does the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’ break?
Answer : The role of women in society and the language used by men for social and political gain go hand in hand. For poet Adrienne Rich the personal becomes the political and this short poem, whilst not overtly political, hints at more radical work to come.
Aunt Jennifer has suffered over the years and is looking for a positive way to express her artistic talents, before it’s too late. She intends that the tigers she creates will outlast her and become a symbol of freedom and independence.

Question. Why has Aunt Jennifer made prancing, proud and unafraid tigers? 
Answer : Aunt Jennifer has made those tigers to express her hidden suppressed feelings. Oppressed in a male dominated society, the qualities of a tiger like fearlessness and bravery are the ones which Aunt Jennifer longs to have.

Question. What picture of male chauvinism (tyranny) do we find in the poem, ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’?
Answer : Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers portrays the suppression of women in a male–dominated society. Aunt Jennifer is burdened by the ‘massive weight of the uncle’s wedding band’ and she is also scared of him. The poem shows lack of freedom as Aunt Jennifer was forced to live in accordance with the rules laid down by her husband, though she was not happy.

Question. ‘What knitting was to Aunt Jennifer; poetry was for Adrienne Rich’. Do you agree? Comment with reference to the poem ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’. 
Answer : The women are silenced in the male- dominated society, this topic is silently addressed in Aunt Jennifer’s Tiger. In this poem, the poet has explored the mechanisms of the ‘male domination’ and ‘patriarchy’ that exists in the society. Adrienne Rich, a poet from marginalized communities reacts towards the dominating nature that forms the mainstream society. Rich saw poetry as a keen-edged beacon by which women’s lives and consciousness could be enlightened. The poem is an eye- opener to re-construct the identity of the women. The poet examines women’s positions in a conventional society, and strongly argues for restructuring identity and, rewriting the norms that result in envisioning a new world to come.
Hence, as Aunt Jennifer expresses her innate desires through her knitting, Adrienne Rich displays her ideals through poetry.

Question. What is the meaning of the phrase ‘massive weight of uncle’s wedding band’? 
Answer : ‘Massive weight of uncle’s wedding band’ refers to the responsibilities of marriage and oppression in a male dominated society which Aunt Jennifer experiences. 

Question. In the poem, Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers, what is the contrast between the reality of Aunt’s life and her imagination? 
Answer : In the poem, Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers, Aunt Jennifer is portrayed as a timid and nervous lady who is living a fearful existence but in contrast to this, she embroiders tigers which are the symbol of boldness, courage and fearlessness. They are the masters of their kingdom where no one lives a life devoid of freedom.

Question. How are Aunt Jennifer’s tigers different from her? 
OR
Why do you think Aunt Jennifer created animals that are so different from her own character?
Answer : Aunt Jennifer’s tigers were different from her because she herself was a timid lady whereas her tigers were symbolic of bravery, courage and fearlessness. They stand for power, strength and confidence which she lacks in herself.
Aunt Jennifer created animals, i.e., tigers which were very different from her own docile character because they represented the fearlessness and freedom which she was deprived of. They also represented her secret longing to live a brave and fearless life like them.

Question. Why is she ‘ringed with ordeals’?
OR
What kind of ordeals is Aunt Jennifer surrounded by? 
Answer : Aunt Jennifer is surrounded by the constraints of married life. She was probably dominated by her husband throughout her life. She was a timid woman and could never stand up to her husband boldly. She remained a caged bird and bore her sufferings meekly. She is the embodiment of the miseries inflicted by a patriarchal society.

Long Answer Type Questions :

Question. Read the given extract from an article published in The Independent:
“Turn your pain into art”: it’s a phrase most of us have heard before…
The theory that achieving something great requires suffering dates back to ancient times… Pain, however, is less an artistic necessity and more a result of “contagion” – a term used for the spreading of a harmful idea or practice…In the context of the struggling artist, it allows mental illness to fester; to be glamorized and admired; even encouraged in the name of art.
• Do you think Aunt Jennifer “turned her pain into art”? What kind of “contagion” might her pain be a result of?
• Evaluate Aunt Jennifer and her artistry in light of the above extract. 
Answer : In the poem, ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’, Aunt Jennifer was oppressed by her husband. She was confined within the four walls of her husband’s house and was not free to do what she wished. She was also overburdened by her marital responsibilities. Although Aunt Jennifer tried her best to conquer her fear, she continued to be traumatised and oppressed by her husband. Her act of embroidering fearless, prancing tigers could only give her a temporary release to her pent up feelings of liberation.
Aunt Jennifer is quiet weak and submissive, whereas the tigers are strong, bold and powerful. She is bound by the constraints of her married life, while the tigers are free to move about in the green woods. The tigers created by Aunt Jennifer are an expression of her desire to free herself from the restrictions of her married life. She wants to be bold and fearless like her tigers. Aunt Jennifer expresses her bitterness and anger against male dominance silently through her art. She creates tigers on her tapestry; animals that are unafraid of men and are symbolic of bravery, fearlessness and strength.

Question. Imagine that Aunt Jennifer read the poem that Adrienne Rich wrote about her. After much contemplation, she decided to write a letter to her husband expressing her feelings and thoughts.
Write a letter as Aunt Jennifer.
Answer : 12, Davidson County
23 January ‘XX
Dear hubby,
I want to tell you that I love you very much. I know that you equally reciprocate this feeling. However, due to the society in which we have been brought up, I have been a target of male chauvinism. Though unknowingly to you, I have been afraid of you. Right after marriage, a girl has to adjust to the new house. In that situation, when she is burdened with the rules and regulations, she gets under-confident. Same happened with me. I had been afraid to tell you this earlier but Adrienne Rich’s poem gave me the courage to share the truth with you. As now I am nearing my death-bed, I want to let you know that I have loved and cherished every moment of life that I have spent with you, yet in some corner of my mind, I have been afraid lest any of my words or activities should anger you.
Hope you will take this in good spirits.
With love
Jennifer

 

 
Twentieth century poet, critic, scholar and feminist, Adrienne Rich wrote ‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’ as a part of her first book of poetry ‘A Change of World’ (1951).Feminism was making its presence felt in the 1950s fighting for equal voting, legal and social rights for women. This poem is Adrienne’s voice against the emotional and physical brutalities women face as part of their marriages especially, in a patriarchal society.
On the surface, this is a simple poem with an uncomplicated rhyme scheme about a woman busy with needlepoint. However, the true meaning emerges when the layers are peeled.
 
Relevant Background: Adrienne Rich is an American poet who was born in 1929. - She was brought up in a well-off family. - Adrienne was the elder of two daughters. - Her father was a doctor and her mother was a music composer. - She grew up in with a Jewish father and a Protestant mother. As a result of this mixed marriage she was used to tensions between her parents. - Rich felt dominated by her father’s strong personality while growing up. It was he who most guided her as a young poet. This wasn’t always to her liking as he expected her to write her poems his way. - When Rich was growing up men dominated and women were expected to become dutiful wives in their adult lives. - All these elements may have influenced the picture of marriage Rich drew in this poem. At the heart of the poem is an image of a husband who controls and frightens his wife. - Rich wrote a lot of poems based on everyday experience. In the poem
‘Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers’, Rich mocks the weakness of Aunt Jennifer, and the clout and authority of her husband in their marriage. Rich was also fascinated by how people could use a hobby like art-work to create a happier and prettier world than their daily life. - Rich has been one of America’s most important female poets for the past fifty years.
 
Summary: This poem of three four-line stanzas imagines a person whose hobby is needlework. - Aunt Jennifer reveals her dreams of a happier life in her needlework. - From the titles given to the adults, it seems as if the speaker is a child. - In the first stanza the relative, Aunt Jennifer, makes a panel with images of tigers parading proudly across it. The tigers are free, unlike their maker. - Her panel contains animals that are happier and more confident than she is. There is a ‘certainty’ about them that their maker lacks in herself. - Aunt Jennifer paints confident, proud tigers. They are assured and confident dwellers, ‘denizens’, of their green world. ‘Denizen’ suggests independent citizen. - It would seem that Jennifer is not an independent citizen of her own world. She is instead a wife, weighed down by duties as we learn in the second stanza. - Jennifer uses sharp and contrasting colours, sharp yellow against a green background. - Her
tigers are as bright as topaz, a yellow gem. - Her picture contains an image of men under a tree, though the proud tigers show no fear of the men. This is mentioned to show that they differ from Jennifer, who lives in fear of her husband to some extent. - The tigers remind the poet of knights, full of courtesy and style. Chivalric men respected their women and acted kindly towards them. Again, this seems to contrast with how ‘Uncle’ behaved towards Aunt Jennifer according to the second stanza. - In the second stanza, the poet describes Aunt Jennifer’s nervous hands struggling to pull the wool with her ivory needle. The word ‘fluttering’ suggests trembling. - We get the impression of a frail woman who finds it hard to pull the needle. - It is interesting that if her needle is made of ivory it may have come from an elephant’s tusk. Ivory is a bit like topaz, a precious material. As ivory involves the killing of elephants for their valuable tusks, it would seem that Jennifer may not care much for tigers in the wild or know much about their reality. - Thus, her artwork is unrealistic. Perhaps the poet feels it is a pointless and empty type of art. - The poet humorously suggests that Aunt Jennifer’s fingers find it hard to hold the weight of her wedding ring and then pull the needle at the same time. - The wedding band is another reference to a precious substance, probably gold. - By mentioning that it is ‘Uncle’s wedding band’, the poet suggests that Uncle owns Jennifer too and that as a female she is the property of her husband. - The words ‘massive’ and ‘heavily’ suggest Aunt Jennifer lives a demanding sort of life in which she has to attend to her husband’s needs and fulfil his commands. As a result she is somewhat worn out in her old age. - In the third stanza, the poet predicts that, when Aunt Jennifer dies, her hands will look worn from all her needlework as well as the hard time she has trying to please her husband. - Aunt Jennifer is ‘ringed’, trapped in her marriage and controlled like an animal. Her husband is her master. - Her artwork will live on after her as a reminder of the dreams she never fulfilled.
 
Themes:
1. Marriage is unequal due to male domination/Inequality: The woman at the centre of the poem, Aunt Jennifer, is a nervous and fearful wife. She lacks inner conviction or ‘certainty’, unlike the tigers she portrays. Aunt Jennifer is ‘mastered’ in her life. She lives a life of inequality. She is so nervous that her fingers ‘flutter’ through the wool she is using in her tapestry or panel. The poet portrays the marriage of Jennifer as an unhappy one for her. Aunt Jennifer feels the burden of duty and obedience. This is shown by the symbol of the wedding ring that she wears. It is described as her husband’s property: ‘Uncle’s wedding band’. It ‘sits heavily’ on her hand because he dominates her life. Her life with her husband is described as a life of ‘ordeals’. The poem therefore provides a negative picture of marriage. The poem is probably saying that the ‘Uncle’ or husband is behaving like a tiger, and the tigers are ‘chivalric’ like the husband should be. Each world is the reverse of what it should be.
 
2. The world of art is happier than the real world/Dream versus Reality: Aunt Jennifer’s hobby is making designs and pictures from wool. Jennifer produces wool tapestries that she places on panels. The creatures she places there are free and proud, the opposite to herself. She is ‘ringed’ or mastered in marriage and therefore she is not free, but controlled. It seems that she creates a happier looking world than the one she lives in. She makes precise and brightly coloured pictures like the sharp yellow tigers of the poem, pictured against a green background. These bright contrasting colours are probably much more vivid than Jennifer’s everyday world. Her artistic work will live on after she dies, as, according to the poet, her tigers will ‘go on prancing’. The figures she creates are stronger and happier than she is. They are proud and ‘prance’ about, unlike their creator, who is nervous and fears her husband. The word ‘prance’ or parade contrasts sharply with ‘fluttering’, meaning trembling. The tigers do not fear the men the aunt places under some trees in her tapestry. Therefore, the imaginary tigers produced by Aunt Jennifer live a type of proud and free life that she can only dream about. Perhaps Aunt Jennifer uses art as an escape from her troubles. In her artwork Jennifer imagines the kind of life she would have liked.
 
Values raised in the poem: Respect for women, equality, equity, gender sensitivity, empathy, feminism, value for art.
 
Literary Devices used in the poem: Comparison: The tigers are compared to knights from the time of chivalry in the middle ages. – Imagery: The main images are of Aunt Jennifer as a fearful wife and,secondly, the magnificent tigers she creates in her panel. Images of precious substances run through thepoem: ‘topaz’, ‘ivory’ and the gold of ‘wedding band’. – Metaphor: The poet compares the yellow stripes of the tigers to a precious stone, topaz. – Contrast: [difference] The main contrasts are between nervous Aunt Jennifer and her confident tigers. Another contrast is between the strong yellow and green colours. The words ‘prancing’ and ‘fluttering’ contrast as well. - Mood/Atmosphere: Fear is the main atmosphere in Aunt Jennifer’s life of ‘ordeals’ where her fingers tremble and show terror. An air of freedom and confidence dominates the atmosphere in her artistic creations. The men beneath the tree create an atmosphere of mystery. The image of Aunt Jennifer’s corpse from the future is a bit eerie or creepy. –
 
Hyperbole: [Exaggeration] The poet exaggerates the weight of her husband’s wedding ring to make a point about how dominating he is. – Paradox: [apparent contradiction] Here a trembling and ‘mastered’ woman creates free and confident creatures in her artistic endeavors. ‘Fluttering’ fingers produce something that has ‘certainty’. – Tone: The tone appears to be positive and cheerful when the poet describes the tigers. See the comment on sibilance below. The tone becomes sad and even creepy at times in describing the life of Aunt Jennifer. – Repetition: The word ‘prance’ is repeated to emphasize the pride and freedom of the tigers. ‘Ringed’ echoes ‘wedding band’. There is repetition of various sounds as indicated in the next few bullet
points. - Alliteration: [repetition of consonant sounds at the start of nearby words] e.g ‘p’ in ‘prancing
proud’ emphasizes the feeling of confidence expressed in the tigers’ movements.
 
Short Answer Questions:
 
1. How do ‘denizens’ and ‘chivalric’ add to our understanding the tiger’s attitude?
 
The tigers embroidered by Aunt Jennifer are free inhabitants of the vibrant green forests, masters of their domain and movements. They are ‘chivalric’- i.e. noble and majestic, pacing powerfully and confidently, fearless of the hunters. They stand in stark contrast to their frail creator who is timid, fearful of her husband, confined and crushed in an oppressive marriage.
 
2. Why do you think Aunt Jennifer’s hands are ‘fluttering through her wool’ in the second stanza?Why is she finding the needle so hard to pull?
 
Aunt Jennifer struggles to express her dreams through needlework, but her fingers tremble nervously as she tries to pull the light ivory needle because she fears her domineering husband, who has made her physically and emotionally frail. She is weighed down by uncle’s wedding band-a symbol of her suffocating marriage and the compulsions therein, in a patriarchal society.
 
3. What is suggested by the image ‘massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band’?
 
Uncle’s wedding band is heavy as it is a symbol of bondage, of being crushed in an unhappy marriage. It has kept her encircled and trapped in a burdensome marriage in a patriarchal society- a relationship of subjugation and domination. It has restricted her freedom and eroded her individuality.
 
4. Of what or whom is Aunt Jennifer terrified in the third stanza?
 
Even after death, Aunt would carry her fear of her domineering husband as she would yet bear the burden of the wedding band on her finger. The ordeals faced by her in an oppressive marriage would continue to terrify her.
 
5. Why do you think Aunt Jennifer created animals that are so different from her own character?
 
What might the poet be suggesting through this difference? The timid and fearful Aunt Jennifer creates an alternative world of free and fearless tigers to express her longing for freedom, a medium of escape from her grim marriage. The ironical contrast underscores a warning by the poet against acceptance of subjugation by women as it crushes their dreams, individuality and a full life. Irony: It is ironical that Aunt Jennifer’s creations- the tigers will continue to pace and prance freely, while Aunt herself will remain terrified even after death, ringed by the ordeals she was controlled by in her married life.
 
6. Interpret the symbols in the poem.
Wedding band is a symbol of oppression in an unhappy marriage.
Marriage is socially and legally binding, making women silently accept their subjugation and male domination, especially in a patriarchal society. Its weight refers to the burden of gender expectations. Ringed means encircled or trapped, losing individuality and freedom. She is a typical victim of male oppression in an unhappy marriage, who suffers loss of individuality, dignity and personal freedom silently. She becomes dependent, fearful and frail.
 
Tigers– symbolize untamed free spirit. Here they are antithesis of their creator’s personality. The use of colours implies that Aunt Jennifer’s tigers and their land are more vital and enjoy a sense of freedom far greater than her. Yellow (bright topaz) connotes the sun and fierce energy, while green reminds one of spring and vitality. They pace and prance freely, proudly, fearless, confident and majestic in their bearing a creative expression. The artwork expresses the Aunt’s suppressed desires and becomes her escape from the oppressive reality of her life. (last stanza) – as opposed to Aunt Jennifer. It shows that she has lost her identity completely, thus lost even her name. ‘Pace’ and ‘prance’ are action words. The rhyme mimics the movement of the tigers.
 
7. Do you sympathize with Aunt Jennifer? What is the attitude of the speaker towards her?
Aunt Jennifer’s plight as a victim of gender oppression in an unhappy marriage draws our sympathy. However, the poet underscores that Aunt by accepting her suffering silently let her life be completely mastered over by her husband and lost her personal freedom and individuality. Her desires expressed in her art work will remain only a dream unless women like her assert their equal status.
 
Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow:
 
1. Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen,
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree:
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.
 
a) What does prancing tigers symbolize?
b) What are Aunt Jennifer’s tigers doing? How do they look like?
c) Where do they live? Who are they not afraid of?
d) Explain: They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.
 
2. Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her wool
Find even the ivory needle hard to pull.
The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band
Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.
 
a) Why do Aunt Jennifer’s fingers flutter through her wool?
b) Why does she find it hard to pull the ivory needles?
c) Explain: massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band.
d) How is Aunt Jennifer affected by the ‘weight of matrimony’?
 
3. When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie
Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by
The tigers in the panel that she made
Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid.
 
a) What is Aunt Jennifer’s death symbolic of?
b) What does ‘ringed with ordeals’ imply?
c) What will happen to the tigers after her death?
d) Name the poem and the poet.

 

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