Although the social structure of the 18th century paved the way for a women’s role to evolve, this absurd thought of inferiority still infiltrated the minds of women in turn causing uncertainties in their own capability. In the poem “Hazel tells Laverne” Katharyn Howd Machan usage of symbolism and motifs demonstrates the inner struggle of a working class woman who has escaped male dependency, yet she stills battles insecurities that have made her contempt in the life created by patriarchal eras.
reviewed in class, Katharyn Howd Machan’s poem “Hazel Tells LaVerne,” a poem on a realistic woman with a sassy mouth. Both these pieces of literature seem to be reflections of one another, however also can be contrasted. These two passages have similar storylines but are executed differently with tone, characterization and tone in order to accomplish the story of women given the opportunities to make a come up with the help of a frog. The poem “Hazel Tells
The poem “Hazel Tells Laverne” written by Katharyn Howd Machan portrays the originally fairy tale story of the princess and the frog in a drastically different light. The fairy tale itself is very intriguing because there have been many different versions written over the years and the stories have slight differences between them (Heiner). The version that will be used for this analysis of Machan’s poem version will be “The Frog Prince” by Brothers Grimm. Machan’s version of the story is unique in