Defining Character: Solitude as a Litmus Test in “Mariana” and “Porphyria’s Lover” Victorian poets Robert Browning and Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson frequently structure their poetry as a dramatic monologue to gain insight into the mind and motivations of their characters‚ with the solitude that accompanies such dramatic monologues becoming a central focus of the work. Tennyson’s poem “Mariana” and Browning’s poem “Porphyria’s Lover” explore the relationship between solitude and individuality‚ in particular
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Nothing Like the Sun.”These two poems talk and describe love but in two very different ways and perspectives‚yet they were written by the same poet.This can either be because he was in both situations or his inspiration just struck.Be it as it may‚they still both express love in a faithful‚passionate way and a not so desirable way. The poem “Shall I Compare Thee To a Summer’s Day‚”(which is sonnet 18)‚ Talks about eternal love and things that come with it.”My Mistresses Eyes Are Nothing Like The Sun
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Running head: What type of man that girls are attracted to? I. INTRODUCTION: In the modern life‚ the society is more and more developed. The relationships between the citizens are more complicated too. There is no research can point out exactly what is the perfect kind of men attract to women. Every woman has the heart to look ‚ feel their assessment ‚and realize what they want from their man. Some people choose a tall man‚ handsome‚ psychological‚ caring person who they love. But
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In James Fallows piece‚ “Throwing Like a Girl‚” he explores the idea of why the phrase ‘you throw like a girl’ is used in the wrong context. He first talks about a famous duo‚ Bill and Hillary Clinton‚ being photographed mid pitch at baseball home openers. Looking at the photo‚ Hillary’s throw looks extremely awkward whereas Bill’s looks normal. With the photos side by side‚ people would say that Hillary is throwing like a girl. However‚ this phrase has a misconception‚ which Fallows revels throughout
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“Hills like White Elephants” and “Girl” Themes and Symbolism The themes and symbolism for the stories “Hills like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway and “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid work with the structure of said stories to create an understanding of a girl’s sexuality and how others attempt controlling it by providing symbols that uncover the truth that lies behind the words. In‚ “Hills like White Elephants”‚ the American man consistently and angrily persuades his girlfriend to have the operation
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Inner Demons In the short story “The Demon Lover” the theme overall is that what’s inside the mind can’t be escaped. This theme is reflected in the title because her inner demons are concerning her past lover. In the story‚ Mrs. Drover makes a promise that haunts her and ends up driving her to paranoia. When Mrs. Drover was younger‚ she became infatuated with the idea of the whole solider façade as were many other young girls during the war. She was so mesmerized by the idea that after a week of
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“A Rose for Emily” and “Porphryia’s Lover” Synthesis Essay Through the aid of metonymy and mystery‚ poet Robert Browning brings forward the theme of an obsessive lover in the poem‚ “Porphryia’s Lover”. Similarly‚ author William Faulkner‚ uses the same theme and atmosphere of mystery to convey the elements that make up Gothic literature. Both‚ the short story and poem‚ accomplish the content of Gothic literature through the atmosphere of mystery‚ metonymy‚ and theme of obsessive love.
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In today’s media world‚ there are so many genres like horror‚ comedy‚ action‚ musicals‚ family etc. that helps viewers identify the content and one of the most popular and my personal favorite that has risen tremendously over the years is chick-flicks. For this paper‚ I will be analyzing a very popular series ‘Gossip Girl’ that reflects many cultural theories like feminism‚ structuralism‚ Marxism‚ psychoanalytical etc. but I would mainly analyze the text through the lenses of two cultural theories
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However‚ when rich Americans took vacations on the French Rivera it wasn’t until the 1920’s that tanned skin essentially became a fashion statement. Because of the great depression the 1930’s women got even skinner. There wasn’t much control over this although. Once the second world war passed‚ hips got larger and wider. The women of the 1960’s had a more androgynous and angular figure. In the 1970’s is when men really had to start adapting to body norms‚ so now‚ it wasn’t just the women who had
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him and ask why he wore the black veil. "What‚ but the mystery which it obscurely typifies‚ has made this piece of crape so awful? When the friend shows his inmost heart to his friend the lover to his best beloved; when a man does not vainly shrink from the eye of his Creator‚ treasuring up the secret of his in then deem me a monster‚ for the symbol beneath which I have lived‚ and die! I look around me‚ and‚ lo! on every visage a Black veil !" (17). The Minister’s Black Veil has characteristics that
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