Comparing Women in Anna Akhmatova’s Lot’s Wife, Crucifixion, and Rache

Powerful Women in Anna Akhmatovas Lots Wife, Crucifixion, and RachelBut Lots married woman looked hind end behind him, and she became a pillar of salt (New Geneva Study Bible, Gen. 19. 26). Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary (the mother of James and Joseph), and Zebedees wife, the mother of James and John (Matt. 2756). Jacob went over to the well and rolled away the st single and watered his uncles flock. Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and tears came to his eyesBut when Jacob woke up in the morning it was Leah What sort of pasquinade is this? Jacob raged at Laban. I worked seven-spot years for Rachel. What do you mean by this trickery? (Gen. 29). These are among the few verses dedicated to three women of the Bible. No commentary or insight into their inner persons is given. Lots wife turned into a pillar of salt, Mary was present at her sons crucifixion, and Rachels old sister took her place in the marriage bed. Plain and simple, these are the cold, hard facts. In her poems Lots Wife, Crucifixion, and Rachel, Anna Akhmatova breathes life into these women by delving into their emotions and painting a movie of them in their surroundings.The Biblical account of Rachel and Jacobs relations gives only the details of their encounters and the fact that Jacob loved Rachel so much that he was willing to work for seven years in order to have her as his wife. When he is deceived and takes Leah instead, the Bible makes no mention of Rachels feelings, which were undoubtedly overpowering. The beautiful young daughter, Rachel, who is stabbed in the back by her sister and father, demands more detail how deeply did this deception affect her? Through imagery, use of detail, and figurative language Akhmatova begins to op... ...tegrating as her legs were stuck to the ground. The last stanza despairs that that no one mourned the death of this woman who dies for the love of her home and emphasizes that women like Lots wife should not be forgotten.Masterfully, Anna Ak hmatova takes three flat women from the pages of the Bible and paints their deepest emotions. These three women merited to have their inner hearts revealed, and delicately, Akhmatova justifies them to her readers. In her readers minds, Mary, Lots wife, and Rachel are no longer objective women, but true-to-life women who suffer pressing trials. kit and boodle CitedAkhmatova, Anna. Rachel. Trans. D. M. Thomas.Anna Akhmatova Selected Poems. New York Penguin, 1985. New Geneva Study Bible. New King James Version. Nashville Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1995.PID 80471Marlow Engl. 12. Sect. 37