“What Do Women Want?”
by Kim Addonizio
Emaly Quintana Serrano
Jun 27, 2008
Ingl
Essay #1
“What Do Women Want?”
If one day someone could read a woman’s mind, the world would be left whit no creativity. This poem has a great value of interpretation, but for me it’s all about freedom a power. The desire to be noticed and the everlasting happiness.
This poem talks about a woman whose most desire is to wear a red dress. This dress has some specific characteristics; She talks about how she wants to walk, where she is going to wear it, and who she is going to look. This red dress represents a token of humiliation for men. This would be the last thing she wore until she dies.
The answer of the title is in the first sentence, all she wants it’s a red dress. What this dress reprecents? What is the real meaning of this? Why the ambicion with the dress? They could be may answers to this cuestions but definitely the poem talckes about a bored a sad woman. Who is loking for happiness. She decides to reveal herself, and make him feel the same inutiluty she felt. Were talkin about a good woman turn bad. This woman whants to confirm that he fears her and let him know that he is of no importance to her.
She describes the exact way and color that she whants it. She wants the dress to be sleeveless and backless. This way she would leave no room for the imagination. I believe that this woman was a typical housewife waiting for a more comfortable happy a lovely life. She seems to take revenge by using this dress. Since many years clothing has been a way of expression, this poem is not the exception. We are talking about a woman that wants freedom and recognition. She wants to be free and wants everyone to know about it.
Everyone wants to mean the word to your couple. You want to be the center of attention, we want to feel as if there were no more women left and you were the queen of your lover’s heart. I believe that was why she wanted to show off, because she wanted his and everyon eselses attention. Dressing and walking as if she was the only woman in the world, was for her the perfect medicine for attention and happiness in her relationship.
Trough that dress she wants to confirm the necessity that women are in men’s life. This red clothes difines her feminine side. It means she would rule the world without caring for mans sentiment. This dress brings selfishness. She would only think about her from know one. You have to remember that this is the only way of expressing herself. Without carring about someone else.
When she finds her dress, it’s also when she would find the courage to put in armor and defend her happiness. She would never take it off. Leaving behind no regrets and no attachments. Whatever thing that makes her feel this free and happy will never go away from her life. It is a treasure to know what women want. All this woman wanted, was to be treated as an individual free and loved from others.
