In the Round Tower at Jhansi

• What theme does In the round tower at Jhansi link to?

  Death and disease

  Conflict and resolution
• In the round tower at Jhansi is a poem about a double suicide, the man shoots her first before killing himself
• In the round tower at Jhansi has ambiguous speech so 2 different versions of the poem are created
• A03: in 1857 Indian rebellion, Skene family, Skene ordered all Christians to take refuge in the fort, rebels offered to spare their lives if they surrendered, Skene agreed believing their safety was guaranteed but as soon as they left they were all hacked to death with swords
• "Swarming howling wretches below" is use of racial stereotypes and the suffragette movement
• "God forgive them this" manslaughter and suicide against God
• "Close" intimacy between the couple, can be seen in two ways: protective or sinister, omnipotent husband like door slamming at the end of DH
• Death is the ultimate expression of love In the round tower at Jhansi
• A03: Rosetti's father died when she was 23, Rosetti cared for him for over a decade until he was unable to work
• Rosetti's poem reflects on the purity of death, possibly her way of idolising God
• A03: belief that this poem was the idea of acceptance of death because Rosetti's life was afflicted by death and being religious enhances her thinking about death as it's a part of Christian message and the afterlife