EAT ME
, ABOUT
• ‘Eat Me’ is an audacious dramatic monologue which examines an extreme,
twisted and unhealthy relationship of a wife and her husband. He is the
feeder who physically and mentally dominates the wife, resulting in her
rolling over in bed and suffocating him to death. It is a metaphor for
domestic abuse and how women become down-trodden over time, losing
their will and capacity to resist. Also, focus on fat and a woman’s body
suggest Agbabi is drawing attention to the wider context of media pressure
on women, inverting what is usually regarded as ideal slimness.
• Agbabi shows the tense and sexual nature of the relationship between the
feeder and the force-fed women to explore the theme of gender, identity
and power which are apparent in the poem.
• The title is significant, as it is the food that is speaking to the woman. She is
the passive responder to a command. Imperative verb
, ABOUT
• ‘Eat Me’ is an audacious dramatic monologue which examines an extreme,
twisted and unhealthy relationship of a wife and her husband. He is the
feeder who physically and mentally dominates the wife, resulting in her
rolling over in bed and suffocating him to death. It is a metaphor for
domestic abuse and how women become down-trodden over time, losing
their will and capacity to resist. Also, focus on fat and a woman’s body
suggest Agbabi is drawing attention to the wider context of media pressure
on women, inverting what is usually regarded as ideal slimness.
• Agbabi shows the tense and sexual nature of the relationship between the
feeder and the force-fed women to explore the theme of gender, identity
and power which are apparent in the poem.
• The title is significant, as it is the food that is speaking to the woman. She is
the passive responder to a command. Imperative verb
