PARADISE LOST 1. Dignity‚ reserve and stateliness Of Man’s first disobedience‚ and the fruit Of that forbidden Tree‚ whose mortal taste Brought death into the world‚ and all our woe‚ With loss of Eden‚ till one greater Man Restore us‚ and regain the blissful seat‚ Sing‚ Heavenly Muse (i. 1–6) 2. Sonorous‚ orotund voice O thou that‚ with surpassing glory crown’d Look’st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World. (iv. 32–34) 3. Inversion of the natural order of words and phrases
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that the Duke controls the entire poem‚ that it being a monologue was significant‚ and that he is almost easy to sympathize with and like. The article discusses Ferarra’s nature and his self-involvement which allows the goodness of the Duchess to "shine through the Duke’s utterance." It goes on to speak about sympathy in general and how Browning "delighted in making a case for the apparently immoral position"‚ how he found dramatic monologues the best form to do so‚ and how he went about it. It keeps
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“Antigone” “Antigone” being an art of the Greek culture‚ our first interactive oral which was held gave us a further insight about the Greek drama‚ theatre‚ plays and overall about the culture. As Siddharth and Nihar spoke about the origin of drama and how it was used as a mean of education in the early days. It made me think in a TOK perspective about how the Greek drama became a way of learning in the olden days. Greek culture at the same time is very similar to the Indian culture as there are many gods
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Porphyria’s Lover’ by Robert Browning The dramatic monologue is narrated by the voice of the persona‚ which has been dictated by Robert Browning. This illustrates a contrast in the social classes of Porphyria and the persona. The opening scene is reinforced as “suller” and “spite”‚ nevertheless‚ after the presence of Porphyria‚ the atmosphere mutates to “warm” and “blaze up” followed by her seductive actions. Regarding to Porphyria’s “vainer ties” she is unable to ‘stoop’ causing her to “worship”
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EN238 2/10/14 Tone in “My Last Duchess” “My Last Duchess‚” by Robert Browning is renowned for being an ideal model of a dramatic monologue. He employs the primary elements of a dramatic monologue to produce a poem that compels his readers to interpret the poem from a psychological perspective‚ and thus form opinions or conclusions about the poem’s subjects. Furthermore‚ Browning utilizes the speaker’s tone in unison with a dramatic monologue’s primary features in order to enhance the portrayal
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themes because much of the meaning can be derived from the interactions and dialogue between characters. The role of setting is then most important in terms of keeping the audience engaged in the work when the characters recite monologues. For instance‚ Hamlet‚ during his monologues‚ often finds himself alone and as such the actor cannot portray the themes of the play through interactions with other actors but instead through interactions with the environment surrounding him. Various film versions of Hamlet
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Essay Prompt: Do you prefer social drama‚ family drama‚ or alternative drama? Give an example of the genre you prefer and explain why that genre has contributed so much to twentieth and twenty-first century culture. Of the various and abundant facets of theatrical productions and genres; one could assert that family drama has been a crucial
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MEDIVAL DRAMA ESSAY With the decline of the Roman Empire so went Greek and Roman Dramatic Theatre. Minstrels and Troubadours Beginning in the 5th or 6th century traveling performers named Minstrels and Troubadour’s began to travel castle to castle and town to town. Their performances were often vulgar and flamboyant; using colorful costumes and many times using musical instruments in their performances. Although their content tended to be crass and vulgar it did lend itself to themes of the day
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Cabrera‚ Ericson P. A Filipino Drama “Sepang Loca” Amelia Lapeña- Bonifacio In Sepang Loca‚ from the depths of a village well rises the cruelty of a village and the damnation of a village fool by its religious but self-righteous folk. (Clarin‚ Samantha‚ 2009) For an education student major in English like me raised with the different genres of literature particularly poems‚ short stories‚ essays and drama‚ my first venture into the play “Sepang Loca” by Amelia Lapeña- Bonifacio
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The Restoration was a revolutionary period for both history and literature. Before the Restoration period began‚ England was under rule of the Protectorate. They believed in strict Puritan law. Under this law‚ Protestants and Jews were accepted‚ but they would not accept the Episcopalians or Roman Catholics. There was one man who acted as the dictator of England‚ and that was Oliver Cromwell. Things were conducted in a very traditional way. At this point in time people were getting very tired of
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