Compare How Duffy and Armitage Write About Violence in Salome and Hitcher Essay

Salome and Hitcher both use a first person persona and with that, give us insight into their feelings and the theme of violence throughout both poems.In Salome, Duffys character uses a chance(a) tone with no remorse when depicting her actions, which is also present in Hitcher too. Salome had done it before and willing doubtless do it again but is oblivious of the repercussions of what she has fitting stated. She is a promiscuous character and is unsuspecting of what she has done until the last stanza, whereas the narrator in Hitcher is fully conscious of his actions. He lets him have it and is proud of his actions and his ability to not swerve while attacking the hitchhiker. His colloquial manner represents that he sees it as an entertaining taradiddle and how he is unaffected by his actions.Near to the conclusion of Salome she decides to clean up her act, becomes repentant of how she has behaved. In comparison, Hitcher just drives away from the body and is ignorant as to his f ate he does not care if hes alive he just lets him out. His casual description of how the body bounces and disappears questions his mental stability and his stubbornness of a conscience. Salome also defends herself, describing the man as a beater or biter, proposing that she reacted in self-defence although she could also be referring to herself. The plosive b also portrays the violence involved with those words.At the end of Hitcher, the concluding couplet is critical and ironic, seeing as the intended recipient is no longer with him. He recalls thinking Stitch that as if the hitchhiker got what he deserved. To him, its a joke. Similarly, Salome states aint life a bitch, which is also ironic, as the person she is speaking to is dead. She doesnt care he could be any old Simon Andrew or John.Hitchers reference to the weather is normal, which shows how his behaviour hasnt impacted him the murder was the therapy for his anger as his outlook is now pleasant. The fact that he and the hitchhiker were of the same age wasnt of particular consequence to him, they both had the same opportunities, so far vastly different paths. The mention of this shows how he can crack at and given moment, and his attention for the inconsequential. Salomes therapy for her hangover was her housemaids innocent clatter, so unlike Hitchers methods. The fact that Salome calls her maid innocent shows how nave and unknowing she is about Salome. Shes Salomes opposite. The rhythmic repetition of the er vowelise emulates the sound of her footsteps which soothes Salome after her night on the batter. This shows the violence which ensued last night and all the aggression, as well as inverting the female stereotype or passiveness.