The scene displayed a bowl-cut haired boy standing outside the school gymnasium. He had white polo shirt with hints of yellow stains and worn out shoes. He opened his bag‚ took an envolope‚ and pocketed it. The boy looked happy‚ his crooked teeth visible. He walked around the gymnasium until he reached the backdoor and opened the door. There‚ the girl’s volleyball club were practicing. The boy closed the door‚ sat on a nearby chair‚ and watched the spiking practice took place. Every now and then
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The poem was written in the style of a dramatic monologue‚ which is where the speaker‚ the Duke of Ferrara‚ talks to a dramatic audience. The poem “My Last Duchess‚” is known as his best work using dramatic monologues. We are told by Marchino that this poem can be considered ironic.This is seen as ironic because it shows the audience the worst traits of the Duke instead of
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commentary about the concept of love. communicates two interpretations concerning Both poems describe the behavior of people who are in loving‚ romantic relationships. There are several aspects common in both poems. Using the literary technique of dramatic dialogue‚ the author reveals the plot and central idea of each poem. Robert Browning tells each poetic story through a single speaker. Both poems reveal an account in which the admirer kills the object of his love. This paper will compare and contrast
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the artist again‚ presumably this sculptor is famous and accomplished. From the fact that Neptune is taming a sea-horse‚ we can infer that this is connected to the controlling or ‘taming’ of the Duchess‚ an eerie way to end the dramatic monologue
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In Robert Browning’s My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s lover‚ as well as Elizabeth Bowen’s Demon lover‚ the protagonists embark upon the hero’s quest in order to resolve their internal conflict towards being the cause or victim of obsessive and overwhelming emotions. The first stage is the call to adventure where the hero‚ in their everyday normal life‚ receives a calling‚ either metaphorical or literal‚ where he or she has to answer to conflict. In
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’Men are presented as monsters in Porphyria’s Lover and My Last Duchess.’ Discuss. A monster is defined as something which inspires horror and disgust and is shockingly hideous or frightful. The characters of both males in ’Porphyria’s Lover’ and ’My Last Duchess’ definitely give the impression of fitting this description‚ as they both commit‚ or at least command the committing of murders. They are also controlling of the women in their lives and crave power over them – in both cases‚ the woman
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"My Last Duchess" is a poem by Robert Browning‚ frequently anthologized as an example of the dramatic monologue. It first appeared in 1842 in Browning’s Dramatic Lyrics. The poem is set during the late Italian Renaissance. The speaker (presumably the Duke of Ferrara) is giving the emissary of his prospective new wife (presumably a third or fourth since he Browning could have easily written ’second’ but did not do so) a tour of the artworks in his home. He draws a curtain to reveal a painting of
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of is that things will change. With all of these transformations occurring‚ it is a wonder that a great poet like Robert Browning may write words so many years ago‚ that are still relevant to you and I in today’s modern society. Browning’s first dramatic monologue “My last duchess” was written during the Italian Renaissance when egotism‚ marriage and aristocracy influenced the society. The monologue is loosely based on historical events involving Alfonso‚ the Duke of Ferrara‚ who lived in the 16th
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Through “My Last Duchess”‚ Browning exposes the innermost characteristics of the Duke of Ferrara. The Duke is the speaker of the poem and is hashing out the details of another marriage with an emissary from a Count when he draws a curtain to reveal a magnificent fresco of the Duke’s Last Duchess. The emissary voices a question about the expression on her face‚ an “earnest glance” of “depth and passion” (line 8)‚ prompting the Duke’s monologue. Looking upon the artwork‚ the Duke praises “Fra Pandolf’s
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on and the only way for the women to be happy with them forever is to take their lives. Along with the their jealously and instability it leads them to take their lovers lives to keep them from others to be theirs for the rest of time. The stories dramatic monologue follow the same pattern but have different meanings changing the story and it’s affect on
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