poem "My Last Duchess" is a splendid poem achieve within the format of the dramatic monologue‚ a poetic form in which there is only one speaker. Because there is only one speaker‚ we the reader must wonder carefully what the Duke is telling us‚ and we often have to read between the lines in order to keep an objective perspective on the what is happening in the poem. This paper will discuss how the use of the dramatic monologue makes the subject (the Duke) tell a story while‚ at the same time‚ unintentionally
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As I was chasing after Cassio‚ he ran up to Desdemona and gently pressed against her throat with a knife‚ I then stopped immediately and told him "Cassio?!... Please don’t hurt my Desdemona‚ it’s between me and you. He then continues to stare at me while slowly backing up to the door. As he got closer to the door‚ I start to run towards him‚ Cassio then used the knife to wound Desdemona in her left arm‚ and ran off outside. As I’m running up to her‚ Emilia enters and sees the blood pouring down
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Nervous‚ I took a steady breath to calm myself. The warm‚ dimly-lit classroom-turned-actors’-lounge was filled with children. These kids however‚ wore oddly assorted costumes completed with makeup-caked faces. A boy in a suit with a flamboyant tie and glasses commented‚ “Do I look shiny?” earning a giggle from the company. A girl dressed in similar clothing stood up‚ tap shoes clacking against the tiled floor‚ and‚ pulling the boy aside she announced‚ “Stop Len! We need to head onstage.” The actors
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It is under much strain that I withhold the flood of tears behind my eyes. For if the levy bursts‚ I fear I may meet a fate much like dear Ophelia. My dear Ophelia… my friend‚ my sister… I am aghast by your drowning‚ there was so much more for you in this world‚ you were like a blossoming flower‚ emerging into the light for all to see… and now‚ without even slowly wilting away‚ you are gone‚ and I am alone. Oh God‚ why would you take her and leave me so alone‚ and so soon after our own father’s
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My wife‚ Tessie was in the midst of of people who were trying to kill her. I felt so disconsolate! I was in the house‚ trying to forget what had happened‚ but I could still hear her blood-curdling screams for help in my mind. “Papa‚ Papa! We smell something very egregious in the backyard!” opined the children. “Yes‚ I know children‚ I hate to say it but‚ your mother has passed away. Her corpse is buried in the backyard‚” I elucidated in a subdued tone. When I was trying to calm everyone down‚ Billy
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The play‚ The Crucible’‚ illustrates how people react to mass hysteria created by a person or group of people‚ as people did during the McCarthy hearings of the 1950s and the Salem witch hunts of 1962. Many Americans were wrongly accused of being Communist sympathizers. The activities of the House of Un-American Activities Committee began to be linked with the witchcraft trials that had taken place in the town of Salem. This provided Miller with the catalyst to write The Crucible’. Without the knowledge
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They’re lying! Why would I poison them? Where would I even... That’s not mine. That’s not mine. Hazel put it there. Admit it‚ you witch‚ you did this! We all saw the results in the WhatsApp group. Your child failed the last maths test. Hey‚ dummy... stop talking rubbish. The results are not out yet. Who’s this? Close your mouth before a fly goes in. Look here‚ next time you and your daughter have tea... remember who the real dummy is. Dummy! Half a million rand and I’ll keep all your
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(A deep‚ lush forest situated on the outskirts of Salem‚ Massachusetts‚ during the spring of 1692. Trees are scattered about‚ with dark green leaves that hang down gracefully from the trees branches. A slight breeze sweeps through the forest‚ causing the leaves to sway and a chill runs through the air. When the curtain rises‚ Tituba‚ Abigail‚ and Betty are cautiously walking into the forest‚ frequently glancing behind them to make sure that they aren’t being followed.) Tituba: Come now‚ children
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‘Porphyria’s Lover’ by Robert Browning As A Dramatic Monologue: Dramatic Monologue: The Dramatic Monologue was a popular form of poetry in Robert Browning’s time. It is a form of writing in which the speaker in the poem is a dramatized imaginary character. The monologue is cast in the form of a speech addressed to a silent listener. Its aim is character study or psycho-analysi. In a dramatic monologue‚ the person who speaks is made to reveal himself and the motives that impelled him at some crisis
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Robert Browning was an English poet whose mastery of dramatic verse‚ especially dramatic monologues‚ made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. “My Last Duchess” is one of his best known dramatic monologues in which the speaker reveals his character to a silent listener. This poem is loosely based on historical events involving Alfonso‚ the Duke of Ferrara‚ who lived in the 16th century. The Duke is the speaker of the poem. He tells us he is entertaining a representative who has come to settle
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