Make tweaks‚ leave comments‚ and share with others to edit at the same time. NO THANKSGET THE APP HH Holmes Matthew Ramsaywack 6.3.16 GB11HS Forensics Science H.H. Holmes Herman Webster Mudgett or HH Holmes was a murder that confessed to ending the lives of 27 victims‚ and was convicted of 1 murder but was also suspected of 100+ murders. Herman Mudgett was male‚ white‚ and his height was not known. Mudgett was born on May 16th‚ 1861 and was raised in Gilmanton‚ New Hampshire. HW Mudgett was the 3rd
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In a dramatic monologue‚ the poet‚ like an actor in a play‚ speaks through the voice and personality of another person. Robert Browning wrote many different dramatic monologues such as those three particular poems which are known as‚ “My Last Duchess‚ Porphyria’s Lover and The Laboratory.” The reason why Browning wrote his poems in that particularly dialogue is because of the certain century it was produced. It was brought out during the Victorian. In that century woman where treated differently
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I. Author ROBERT BROWNING Robert Browning is the author of the poem “my last duchess”. He is a son of Robert Browning‚ a Bank of England clerk‚ and Sarah Anna Wiedemann‚ of Scottish-German descent‚ Browning received little formal education. His learning was gleaned mainly from his Father’s library at home in Camberwell‚ South London‚ where he learnt something‚ with his Father’s help‚ of Latin and Greek. Though he attended lectures at the University of London in 1828‚ Browning
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Duchess de Alba (Maria del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva Alvarez de Toledo (1762-1802): -fashioned herself after the fiery maja-serves as a flirtatious role-play emblematic of aristocrats during the enlightenment‚ epitome of spanishness -proactively challenged conventional feminine roles/conduct‚ elevating national dress to the level of high couture to assert her individualism -Jean-Marc Nattier’s Madame AdelaYde-de-france as Diana + Goya’s Duchess of Alba as a Maja feature aristocrates in role-playing
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How are relationships presented in ‘My Last Duchess’ and one other poem of your choice? Firstly‚ the presentation in ‘My Last Duchess’ is a relationship that has no equality between the Duke and the Duchess. This is shown through the title of the poem. The word ‘my’ is a possessive pronoun and it connotes with the fact that someone has ownership over something else; in this case the Duke has ownership over the Duchess. The Duke is objectifying the Duchess and the word after is ‘last’ this suggests
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“My Last Duchess” When reading “My Last Duchess” at first it was quite confusing. The narrator doesn’t finish his thoughts at the ending of every line which kept me guessing and trying to piece it all together. After reading it the third time I finally came to understand exactly what he was trying to say. The narrator was a troubled powerful man who was showing off a piece of art to another man‚ but little did he know at first what exactly that painting meant. First‚ I would like to describe a little
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during his career. While he served as a governor of South Carolina‚ Hayne was involved in a debate‚ between Daniel Webster‚ for the nullification of the Tariff of 1828. This was a significant role for Hayne‚ as he needed to defend the sovereignty of the states and the states’ rights. This showed that Hayne is credible because of his lasting impact on American History from the Webster-Hayne Debate. Hayne was able to show his intelligence from his education on states’ rights to pertain to this debate
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negotiate the Duke’s marriage (he has recently been widowed) to the daughter of another powerful family. As he shows the visitor through his palace‚ he stops before a portrait of the late Duchess‚ apparently a young and lovely girl. The Duke begins reminiscing about the portrait sessions‚ then about the Duchess herself. His musings give way to a diatribe on her disgraceful behavior: he claims she flirted with everyone and did not appreciate his “gift of a nine-hundred-years- old name.” As his monologue
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William Seward‚ John Calhoun‚ and Daniel Webster all served as legislator as either Senator or Congressman and then took positions in the executive branch of the government. William Seward and Daniel Webster were both members of the Whig Party‚ while John Calhoun was a member of the Republican Party. The Whig Party was a political party established during the time of President Jackson to oppose the policies of President Andrew Jackson and the Democratic Party. Members of the Whig Party
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The poem My Last Duchess utilizes strong imagery of the speaker’s last wife in order to warn his new future wife the expectations and need that he needs‚ for his last marriage did not meet his expectations. From the description of his last wife and her flaws‚ the speaker evokes to his future wife what he expects in his new marriage‚ which further reveals the speaker’s attitude. The speaker enjoys and compliments the last duchess’ “depth and passion” of her earnest glance. However‚ it is revealed
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