My Last Duchess 1. The speaker of the poem is the Duke of Ferrara who is indeed a very strict individual and demanding and always wants to be pleased. 2. He is speaking to the father of the woman that he wants to marry. The appropriate audience would be the family of the woman. 3. The word persona is applicable because it is interpreted in first person‚ Duke Ferrara’s perspective. 4. The dramatic situation is when the Duke is negotiating his art gallery in order for the father to agree on
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Although they are famous works by two different famous poets‚ "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning and "Ulysses" by Alfred Lord Tennyson share many similarities. Both poems are examples of dramatic monologues‚ in that they consist entirely of the speech of the main character. As a result they both have very few stanzas. "My Last Duchess" is set in Italy during the Renaissance period. In this poem the Duke is talking to his prospective father-in-law’s servant about a painting of his former wife. Ulysses
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October 10‚ 2001 Word Count: 2466 Research Question: How did Ferdinand E. Marcos eventually fall from power? INTRODUCTION Ferdinand E. Marcos was the longest reigning Philippine president in history. His rule spanned 20 years‚ beginning in 1965 up to his downfall in 1983. He was the first and only president re-elected so far (first in 1969 and second in 1981). After his second term‚ corruption in his administration was rampant. For 20 years he ruled the Philippines with an iron fist‚ and amassed
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APUSH Assignment #2 Part One: The Encounters Chapter One: Natives: Old world explorers encountered in the new world complex and diverse peoples—who‚ where‚ etc? Old world explorers encountered Native Americans in North America. Pre-Columbian America is “fraught with controversy.” What conflicts were they? Native Americans had conflict with the Europeans over social and environmental problems; this led to violence and war. Also‚ Europeans and Native Americans were both violent and
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Murder... mystery... intrigue... All describe Robert Browning’s poem‚ "My Last Duchess." From the speakers’s indirect allusions to the death of his wife the reader might easily think that the speaker committed a vengeful crime out of jealousy. His flowery speech confuses and disguises any possible motives‚ however‚ and the mystery is left unsolved. Based on the poem’s style‚ structure‚ and historical references‚ it becomes evident that even if the speaker did not directly kill his
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1.The history of automobile The first working steam-powered vehicle was probably designed by Ferdinand Verbiest‚ a Flemish member of a Jesuit mission in China around 1672. It was a 65 cm-long scale-model toy for the Chinese Emperor‚ that was unable to carry a driver or a passenger. It is not known if Verbiest’s model was ever built. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot is widely credited with building the first self-propelled mechanical vehicle or automobile in about 1769; he created a steam-powered tricycle.
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Daisy Paridon 24 October 2014 Group B: Question 2 Before the American Revolution‚ men monopolized the political and government realms while women were denied this right. Furthermore‚ in the existing social hierarchy women were viewed as subordinate to men and not considered independent legal individuals. As women grew tired of their inferior legal status and inequality to men‚ some began to express interest in politics. However‚ they were unable to have any substantial influence‚ as they were unable
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come to northern North America hundreds of years earlier. However‚ Columbus is important because his explorations made Europeans much more aware of the New World and helped to encourage more exploration of North and South America in the 1500s. Ferdinand Magellan and his discovery of the Philippines FERNÃO Magalhaes was born in Portugal around 1480‚ the son of the mayor of his native town. His interest in the nautical sciences started when he studied in the Court of Portugal. These studies filled
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PYC3 7 0 5 Ex am Pre p 2 0 1 2 Sem 2 Tuto rial 2 0 2 2 0 1 2 The e x amination Ple as e note that the s tudents regis te red for this module are required to submit the two compulsory as s ignments (i.e . As s ignment 01 and As s ignment 02) in orde r to gain examination admis s ion. Unfor tunate ly the re is no fur the r oppor tunity to gain e xamination admis s ion. We have de cide d to put toge the r more s pe cific guide line s on what to s tudy for the e xams with the hope that this will
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Marqus Miller Professor Edoziem RENG 92 1021 Essay #2 March 27‚ 2013 Word Count: 443 My Experience with Haters You might ask what a hater is; Maya Angelou has defined it perfectly. “A hater is someone who is jealous and envious and spends all their time trying to make you look small so they can look tall. They are very negative people to say the least. Nothing is ever good enough.” I haven’t encountered haters much in my life‚ or maybe I just didn’t care as much to what or why they hated
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