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Helen Humphreys Afterimage and Anne Sextons poems, For John, Who begs Me Not to necessitate Further and The Black machination Woman artists have often been condemned as lesser artists than their manful contemporaries, and this critical view appears in Helen Humphreys Afterimage and in Anne Sextons poems For John, Who begs Me Not to Enquire Further and The Black Art. The woman artists in these works use their creative talents to escape the tellurian and sometimes painful realities of their lives. They are also experimental in their woo to subject matters and are eager to transgress societal beliefs. While their methods and journeys differ, the women in these works emerge as true artists through their distinct outlooks on life, their novel approaches to subject matter, and their transgressions of traditional beliefs.In Humphreys Afterimage, the protagonist Annie Phelan is a bud artist-model who has suffered from a life of loss and pain. To escape from reality, she fl ees to the imaginary world of Jane Eyre. Annie compares her virgin employers, the Dashells, to the characters in her favourite novel. She is disappointed, for she is unable to make her imaginary world keep an eye on alive. This dreamy quality of the female person artist resonates in the heart of the female narrator in The Black Art who hurts from feeling too more than (The Black Art 1). Like Annie, this poet senses ennui towards everyday life. She feels as if mourners and gossips/and vegetables were never enough (4-5). At the end of the poem, the narrator is still at odds with the real world in which the children leave in disgust (23). In Afterimage, however, Annie finds hope in Jane Eyre after she discovers that the Dashells are easygoing employers Perha... ...sitions, especially from male artists.Romanticizing their arts, the woman artists in these works gravitate towards escapism from their painful, mundane lives. If angiotensin-converting enzyme loves something, one m ust set it free. Annie Phelan in Afterimage lets go of the fire boy dressed as an angel. This burning angel evokes the image of the go Angel. It is also symbolic of these woman artists works although their artworks transgress the rules of society, they make a lasting impact on all those who witness them, thus qualification these women influential artists. Works CitedHumphreys, Helen. Afterimage. Toronto HarperFlamingo, 2000.Sexton, Anne. For John, Who begs Me Not to Enquire Further. 1960. The Complete Poems. pp. 34, 35. capital of Massachusetts premier Mariner Books, 1999.Sexton, Anne. The Black Art. 1962. The Complete Poems. pp. 88, 89. Boston First Mariner Books, 1999.