by Oscar Wilde‚ begins with an introduction of witty sayings discussing the question of if art has any use; and if it does‚ what are its implications. Likewise‚ "My Last Duchess"‚ written by Oscar Wilde’s Victorian contemporary Robert Browning‚ also delves into these provocative questions. Both The Picture of Dorian Gray and "My Last Duchess" explore the question of whether art has a moral element or whether it is only a purely meaningless application of the artist. In the introduction Oscar
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speaker’s role in a poet’s expression and engagement of readers is essential. It influences a story’s direction‚ the emotions invoked in the reader‚ and how themes are shaped into ideas. Robert Browning’s dramatic monologues Porphyria’s Lover and My Last Duchess contain many thematic similarities‚ despite portraying different scenarios‚ primarily spoken through a possessive and jealous man. In Porphyria’s Lover a man waits in his cottage for Porphyria. Her arrival “shut[s] the cold out and the storm”
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The Last Supper – Research Essay The Last Supper is a religious scene in the Catholic bible‚ which tells the story of the last meal the night before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. An important role in its religion‚ the Last Supper scene has been recreated by artists many times. These visual interpretations of the event generally show Jesus‚ surrounded by his disciples. During the meal‚ Jesus breaks the bread and serves the wine accompanied with the command “Take this all of you and eat it… this
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Reading Response 2 Title: The Last Song Director: Julie Ann Robinson Text Type: Written. In my book The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks‚ Ronnie‚ a teenage girl and her brother‚ Jonah are sent to be with their dad for the summer. Ronnie and her dad haven’t talked ever since her parent’s split‚ her dad left with out saying anything. From that point on‚ Ronnie had turned into a new girl. Here Nicholas Sparks tries to show the reader
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women in their traditional role‚ the death of the women‚ men as inhuman/ uncaring and how the male character feels about the death of his wife/lover. All of these points are shown and used by Robert Browning in the two poems‚ Porphirias Lover and My Last Duchess. In the poem Porphirias Lover presents the relationship between men and women as showing the men being in control. From lines thirty one to thirty three Browning wrote Be sure I looked up at her eyes happy and proud; at least I knew Porphyria
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Katerina Rizova The Last Samurai Samurai are a group of powerful warriors that existed in Japan until the late 1800’s. In the film “The Last Samurai” we have the opportunity to learn more about the positive characteristics of them. Samurai is very compassionate and they humbly express that emotion. Perhaps the most important trait of the Samurai‚ is discipline. The Last Samurai is a war and drama film‚ based on a true story depicting honour and courage. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) is an
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called a homonym. In the poems My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover both by Robert Browning are very different yet very alike all at the same time. One example of these poems being very similar is that they are both about a jealous guy. Both of these guys got very upset that their lady’s attention wasn’t on them constantly. Both of these men ended up killing their woman out of pure jealousy. In My Last Duchess the speaker says “Somehow—I know not how—as if she ranked my gift of a nine-hundred-year-old
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very easy going. My grades are what they should be at all A’s. I hope to continue that as I go on through the eighth grade. My lunch is pretty fun‚ I sit across from Jason‚ but due to his request we also have to sit by his girlfriend and her friends (which I don’t like two out of the four). Other than that lunch is pretty fun and exciting. I love my classes‚ and gym‚ my special. I don’t mind the fact that this is my last year in the Middle School‚ and will surely be my best. My year is going very
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The Last Juror by John Grisham 1. "From day one she was intimidated by me because I was from Memphis and had gone to school up North for five years. I was careful not to wear my Ivy Leagueness on my shoulder‚ but at the same time I wanted these rural Mississippians to know that I had been superbly educated. (page 10)" There are two literary elements that could be categorized in this excerpt. I think that John Grisham highlights his use of satire very vividly early on in the book. He is placing
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planned for my summer bucket list. My thoughts were more tangled than the students around me as we gather for our Commencement Exercises. My left eye got badly infected and turned crimson red‚ the main reason I never had the chance to present with my class. I climbed up the stage‚ got my award as the standing 1st Honor and got teary-eyed (not because I was in a sentimental condition but because I can barely open my left eye). Having my eye infected made me dislike the start-off of my summer. Well
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