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    ‘British society in 1975 was different in every way to the one seen in 1951’ Discuss. The British society in 1975 was ‘certainly’ different from its own self in 1951. But‚ as radically the society changed‚ we cannot say that it was a total departure from the preceding ‘conformist’ state. The early 1970s British society is more or less a more ‘mature’ version of the gradually growing incoherent one that came into existence in the 1950s. Britain in 1951‚ though conservative‚ did acknowledge a new

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    Jarod Demastus Vernon Leach Copeland Grahmann Hyunjae Kim English 4 9/1/2017 Cavaiani On Our Honor Vietnam War 1955 - 1975 The start of the Vietnam War: The Vietnam War with the United States started on November 1st 1955. It ended on April 30‚ 1975. The Vietnam War lasted a long 20 years‚ killing more than 3 million people. The Vietnam War was called the American War by the vietnamese people. The Vietnam War was fought in North and South Vietnam‚ Cambodia‚ and Laos. The Vietnam War was caused by

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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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    Porphyria's Lover Analysis

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    Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning - An Analysis The finest woks of Browning endeavor to explain the mechanics of human psychology. The motions of love‚ hate‚ passion‚ instinct‚ violence‚ desire‚ poverty‚ violence‚ and sex and sensuousness are raised from the dead in his poetry with a striking virility and some are even introduced with a remarkable brilliance. Thanks to the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution‚ so many people living in such close quarters‚ poverty‚ violence‚ and sex

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    concepts of love and war are inextricably linked with the similar attributes and emotions that are concomitant to each idea‚ however their paradoxical relationship suggests divergent ideas when involved in variant contexts. The love poem‚ ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ by Robert Browning conflates passion and violence‚ reflecting notions of obsessions‚ hunger for ownership and abusiveness within a relationship whilst Bruce Dawe’s ‘Homecoming’ investigates the anonymity and insensitivity for the deaths of the soldiers

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    Text | Porphyria’s Lover – Robert Browning (published 1836) Porphyria’s Lover (1836) is one of Robert Browning’s earliest dramatic monologues that reintroduced dark and sensual concepts disturbing the audience of the Victorian Era; since such ideologies had not been explored since the Renaissance Period. He employs annotative literary techniques such as morbid imagery‚ metaphors‚ symbolism and natural and vegetative diction; to portray the innate trait of humans to yearn for a sense of belonging

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    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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    Advice to a Discarded Lover by Fleur Adcock explores both pity and revulsion‚ through the use of figurative imagery; a dead bird‚ maggots and the remaining bones. They are an analogy of the dead affair. With the use of figurative language the images are seen‚ smelled and heard. An authoritative voice is created to advise and command attention‚ through the use of instructive language throughout the six stanzas. Personification‚ analogy‚ rhetorical question and the way a word sounds‚ are also used

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    "The Demon Lover" Essay

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    05/17/12 “The Demon Lover” Essay In Elizabeth Bowen’s “The Demon Lover”‚ a forty-four year old woman returns to her old house to retrieve things she had to leave behind to escape from war. War is a constant theme throughout the story. War took away‚ what he remembers to be‚ her first love‚ and it drove her‚ her husband and her three sons away from their London home. In the beginning of the story‚ the protagonist‚ Mrs. Drover‚ is just returning to her old home from the country side. She doesn’t think

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    The Lover Gender Roles

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    Gender Roles in The Lover: A Ballad Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was one of the first female authors to write so boldly to the general public regarding her perception of women loving and marrying. Women understood exactly what men desired and expected of them‚ but did not appreciate game playing or the notion that society only approved men having casual encounters. With her short poem‚ The Lover: A Ballad‚ Montagu dictates how women should live and enjoy their youthful years in the same manner as men

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