Comparison of the use of a dramatic monologue. In ’Porphyria’s Lover’ and ’My Last Duchess’‚ Browning uses several features of dramatic monologue in order to engage and sustain the interest of the audience. This style of monologue is spoken by a character‚ which is not the poet‚ and is usually projected at a critical moment‚ as in the case of ’My Last Duchess’ and ’Porphyria’s Lover’. The speakers unintentionally reveal their insanity‚ in both poems‚ through their separate accounts. By studying
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Response to literature: AN INSPECTOR CALLS John Boynton Priestly was born in Britain in 1894. He worked as a novelist and playwright‚ but he was also a political activist. Most of his plays‚ just like ‘An inspector calls’‚ have a very significant political content in which capitalism is criticized. He was interested in the idea of socialism‚ which defends a system without great differences between social casses. His greatest concerns were equality and fairness‚ and there are many references to
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A View from the Bridge - Catherine and Eddie causing tension. The play ‘A view from the bridge’ is by Arthur Miller. It is set in 1930s America‚ in an Italian American neighborhood near the Brooklyn Bridge in New York. Miller creates dramatic tension via the use of the characters Eddie and Catherine and their relationship together. Eddie and Beatrice are Catherine’s Aunt and Uncle. Catherine is Beatrice’s sister’s daughter. Her parents have died so she now lives with them. Eddie and Catherine
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William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet begins with a fight between two rival families: the Montagues and the Capulets. The fight is momentarily broken apart by Benvolio‚ only to be started again by bad-tempered Tybalt. This fight demonstrates the tension between the two families. Later we see Romeo’s mother worrying about him and wondering why he’s so depressed. Benvolio goes to talk to Romeo‚ and we find out the source of Romeo’s problems: a girl named Rosaline. Benvolio offers some advice to Romeo
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ways in which Priestley makes this such a dramatic and significant moment in the play In this playing I will be exploring how Priestley makes this moment in the play so dramatic and significant. The Inspector has just left the Birling’s all thunderstruck and traumatized‚ each of them handling it in different ways. As Gerald walks in it has come clear to us that the older generation are set in their ways and do not hesitate to even think about what the Inspector has told them‚ yet are stuck with their
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‘Romeo and Juliet’ was written in the 16th century by William Shakespeare and ‘An Inspector Calls’ was written nearly 400 years later in the early 20th century by J.B. Priestley. In both of these plays the relationships of fathers‚ Lord Capulet and Arthur Birling and their daughters‚ Juliet and Shelia‚ are portrayed as being a typical father daughter relationship with seemingly very caring but slightly controlling fathers. In ‘Romeo and Juliet’‚ Lord Capulet seems to be very caring and considerate
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The issue of bias is often seen throughout the mass communication world. Bias is prejudice in favor of or against a person‚ group‚ or a thing. It is usually considered to be unfair‚ but that depends on its contents. Most of our biases are unconscious‚ which is also known as implicit bias. This helps to explain why discrimination exists which is something we also see in the mass communication world. For example overweight job applicants are often viewed as less intelligent‚ and lazier. In a
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It’s not like I enjoy being around the Prince all the time. It’s something I have to do. Coming from a family with next to nothing I had to find a way out. This was my only option. Prince Prospero is a foolish man‚ but he has money. He can help me make a better life for my family. I swore to myself I would do anything for that money. If I can’t get it the easy way‚ I’ll just simply have to kill him and collect the money as my inheritance. When Prospero took my hand at the table I thought all that
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Chioma Mogbo Lysistrata — Formal Essay Assignment “I don’t intentionally go: ’Ooh‚ what is provocative‚’ and try to do that. I just do stuff‚ and people go: ’Ooh‚ that’s provocative.’ Maybe because sometimes I’m super-ignorant — and sometimes they’re super-ignorant.” This quote by Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam conveys the same reaction that the reader feels as one reads Lysistrata. Lysistrata comes with many sexual innuendos. It also goes particularly beyond innuendo where numerous male characters
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Blair Language Arts 20 March 2014 Rise of one person at the expense of another‚ contrasting worlds‚ disguises‚ and redemption reveal the four most common Dramatic Patterns found throughout The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. To start with‚ rise of one person at the expense of another is a pattern that ultimately describes an individual whose actions take effect upon themselves. In this case‚ an example of this
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