Study Questions “My Last Duchess” – Robert Browning 1. What is the setting for this poem? This poem takes place in the palace of Alfonso II who is the Duke of Ferrara in Italy. 2. Who is the Duke speaking to? The Duke is entertaining an ambassador type person who has come to arrange the marriage of the duke and a daughter of a very wealthy and powerful family. What are they both looking at? They are looking at a painting of the Duke’s last “duchess” or wife that is hanging up
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Mariana Islands. However‚ Britain’s colonization was centered in Virginia and Massachusetts‚ where Jamestown and Plymouth were established. What characterized these early encounters between Europeans and Indigenous Americans? This essay answers this question‚ compares and contrasts the similarities and differences between these encounters in New Spain and British America‚ and provides commentary on how the colonial era continues to affect
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The Articles of Confederation needed to be replaced because it was created to keep the states independent from a national government. In the Articles of Confederation it stated "Its sovereignty‚ freedom‚ and independence‚ and every power‚ jurisdiction‚ and right . . . not . . . expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled." It was created to pretty much let the states stay as independent as possible and keep a National government weak. The only thing was to make sure that security
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* In Vienna‚ 10 000 factory workers were recently laid off. * The young students were influenced by revolutionary thinking‚ they wanted democracy and liberty. The unemployed workers joined them. * On March 12‚ when the crowd was campaigning‚ they were fired. This caused immediate reactions by the crowd. The crowd set up barricades. * Local guards joined the side of the rebellion. Even the State Council and police decided to voice against the government. * The revolutionaries went
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Compare the ways mood is presented in ‘The Laboratory’‚ ‘My Last Duchess’‚ ‘Hitcher’ and ‘Salome’. Mood is a state of feeling stimulated by a particular apparatus or situation. It can also be a distinct emotional characteristics/ theme of a particular item. Mood is reflected in the four poems by the different poets utilising various devices and techniques such as the diction‚ language‚ alliteration etc‚ in order to display a certain message to the audience. The poem ‘Hitcher’ refers to the environment
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“My Last Duchess”‚ one of the most beautiful poems in English literature by Robert Browning; a poem in the dramatic monologue form‚ unlike others‚ that conveys its message by implementing pure and genuine technicality through the character within it. The poem takes place at the art gallery in the residence of the Duke of Ferrara‚ where the Duke‚ after his previous wife’s death or disappearance‚ is preparing to remarry and is talking to the messenger of the Count of Tyrol who has come with the proposal
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Poets often use literary techniques to clearly convey the personalities of their speakers. In "My Last Duchess"‚ Robert Browning uses point of view‚ diction‚ and imagery to achieve a powerful effect‚ underlining the attitude and personality of the Duke. In a dramatic monologue‚ character development is based on what the speaker says‚ and how he says it. In "My Last Duchess"‚ the speaker of the monologue addresses a fictional audience‚ and the reader is seen as an unnoticed third party
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The assassination of the Franz Ferdinand‚ the Austrian Archduke‚ happened in Sarajevo 28th June 1914 and the beginning of the First World War that happened afterwards had a great impact on the world history. There has been many research of the reasons and the beginning of the First World War‚ as well as of the assassination and its consequences. There are many studies about these two important events in national and international history. Although‚ the paper will not deal with the reasons of the
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When Adelina went in search of her father in Watsonville‚ what did she learn? 20. How does Juana end up in jail in Tijuana and who does she meet? 21. How old was Juana/Adelina when she returned to her village? 22. Explain the encounter Juana had when she first met up with her brother in the village where she was born? 23. When Juana told Adelina‚ “It will only be awhile‚” she was referring to the job she took on; what was the job and
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On a cold‚ brisk snowy night in New York City little did I know I was about to make an encounter with someone I’d never forget. I was waiting for a friend in McDonald’s so she could get her food and stay inside for warmth‚ when I realized someone not too far behind me was talking. Startled‚ I turned around I saw a homeless man wrapped in torn up blankets‚ shaggy‚ undone brown hair and trying to keep warm like the rest of us. My first instinct was to stay clear until a woman had drooped her purse
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