Duke in "My Last Duchess" desires psychological power over his Duchess The poem "My Last Duchess" is a dramatic monologue written by Robert Browning‚ coming from the Duke of Ferrara. In the poem he displays his megalomaniac tendencies towards his late wife and how he feels his title symbolises his power over her. We also learn how he doesn’t want his wife for love but to be able to exhibit her and ’show her off’ and enforce psychological power over. The Duke calls her "My Last Duchess"; here the
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different types of pressures (Bunkholdt‚ 1997). Role stress can be defined as a state of tension and anxiety‚ whenever a person finds it difficult to perform an assigned role. There can be two different types of role stress; role conflict and role ambiguity. Role conflict is defined as when a person has been given demands from different directions and those demands are contradicting then the person will experience stress. This person will become dissatisfied and
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what it meant‚ “It’s about the God of the Old Testament‚ the God of the New‚ and Humanity‚ isn’t it?”. Pinter replied‚ “No Terry‚ it’s about a caretaker and two brothers”. With this quote Terence Rattigan succinctly highlights the absolute ambiguity of Harold Pinter’s ‘The Caretaker’; in this story of two brothers and an elderly derelict in close quarters‚ everything that is said and not said can be understood in all sorts of contradictory ways. Rattigan saw three characters as the holy trinity
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Henry James’s novella‚ The Turn of the Screw‚ has entranced readers and held them in a finely woven web of ambiguity for over one hundred years. During that time‚ readers‚ scholars‚ and critics have tried to escape its clutches by offering a myriad of interpretations‚ a vast spectrum of critical opinions which make a definitive solution an impossibility. James’s masterful use of uncertainty truly supports‚ if not promotes‚ the ability of readers to discover numerous meanings to the tales mysteries
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In William Shakespeare ’s play‚ Macbeth‚ the theme of ambiguity and equivocation stands our quite clearly. The Oxford definition of equivocation is: use of ambiguity to conceal the truth ’. Macbeth ’s voluntary misinterpretation of the ambiguity and equivocation of the witches relates to the play ’s theme. After the first of the witches ’ prophecies comes true‚ Macbeth begins to believe in their truth. However‚ he also believes that the prophecies must all lead to his enrichment and empowerment
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Explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth and Browning presents the speakers in Porphyria’s Lover‚ My Last Duchess and the Laboratory Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth in such a way that she is shown as a strong and powerful woman. Her ability to manipulate Macbeth to murder Duncan in order to get more power is a key example of this aspect of her character. Browning also presents his speakers in a similar way to Shakespeare through their need to control. The main way that both
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Purpose: After hearing this presentation my fellow students will understand how verbal and nonverbal communications can be ambiguous and how to avoid this ambiguity. Thesis: Verbal and nonverbal communication can both be ambiguous. Introduction: A. If I walked up to you and told you that I had bad news‚ but was smiling and using an exited tone would you be confused. B. I know I would be‚ I mean who gives bad news
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thereby steadily participated in the issues of existing. “More than Love and Death? (xiii)”. Jonhson means that Dickinson poems are about these topics‚ she persistently likes to express her ambiguity and questioning of these topics. Dickinson was obsessed with death and immortality topics. She had a talent for ambiguity and questioning life after death. It is not hard to understand why she had all these thoughts. When Dickinson was a kid‚ she attended a Seminar for girls‚ but on some point in her life
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1890’s Victorian audience. The culture and values of society have changed so greatly that over time‚ modern readers have adapted to a different style of writing. However‚ the themes of corruption of the innocent and forbidden subjects and the overall ambiguity of the book allow the turn of the screw to continue to entertain modern readers. the turn of the screw is a 1897 gothic novella that entails a young governess caring for two young children‚ Miles and Flora‚ after the death of their father. The
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DEGREE OF ROLE AMBIGUITY AND ROLE CLARITY AMONG THE EMPLOYEES OF MODI MOTORS GROUP IN PARTIAL FULFILLMNT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR MASTER IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES (MMS) 2011-2013 ROLL NO. C - 14 SUBMITTED TO DR. V.N. BEDEKAR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES‚ THANE Dr. V.N. Bedekar Institute of Management Studies Page 1 STATEMENT BY THE CANDIDATE I wish to state that the work embodied in this Project titled DEGREE OF ROLE AMBIGUITY AND ROLE CLARITY AMONG
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