What is from Mrs Tiresias about?

Answer 1

from Mrs. Tiresias is a re-imagining of the Greek Tiresias myth by Carol Ann Duffy. Labelled as a feminist poem, it comes from a collection of books known as The World's Wifewhere famous women figures or conjured-up wives of male figures are used to create a feminist, and occassionally humorous, re-interpretation.

from Mrs Tiresias is one of Carol Ann Duffy's humorous poems where she explores the relationships between men and women. Perhaps one of the most blunt morals of the poem that could be made is that women are commonly stereotyped and misunderstood by men that when Tiresias became a woman he then became the stereotypical view of what he sees and believes. Duffy then subverts this perspective in the last stanza of the poem by introducing the narrator as a lesbian that could have been ironically brought upon by him becoming a woman, "holding his soft new shape in my arms all night". Of course other key events happen, for example the start of Mrs Tiresias' periods that requires Tiresias to be overdramatic with the medical assistance he claims to require.

I hope this helps as a general answer.

Answer 2

"Mrs Tiresias" is a poem by Carol Ann Duffy that retells the story of Tiresias, a figure from Greek mythology who was transformed into a woman for seven years. The poem explores themes of identity, transformation, and the fluidity of gender. Duffy uses Tiresias' experience to challenge traditional gender roles and question societal expectations.