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History Mary Cassatt On 1844 Mary Cassatt was born in Allegheny City‚ Pennsylvania to a well-to-do family. She shared the house her father built on Rebecca Street with her younger brother Gardner and her older siblings Lydia‚ Alexander and Robbie. Robert Cassatt‚ Mary’s father‚ was a successful banker and also Mayor of Allegheny City for a time. Mary’s mother‚ Katherine Cassatt was well educated for a woman in the nineteenth century‚ forever having to abandon nests she had only just made. Mary Cassatt
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00004629150-489839008 0008 -1143000233616500-11430001650365Drama Response to A Doll’s House 0Drama Response to A Doll’s House -11430006793865Siham Shaddad Siham Shaddad A Doll’s House Henrik Ibsen wrote the script of the play “A Doll’s House” in 1879 and was first performed shortly later that year in Royal Theatre in Copenhagen‚ Denmark. The three-act play depicts and criticizes the typical role of men and women nineteenth century marriage. The play was inspired by a real-life story
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relationships. Robert Browining‚ a great Victorian poet‚ wrote two pre-1940 poems‚ ‘My last Duchess’ and ‘Prophyrias lover’‚ they are both examples of domineering me or individuals who end up killing their former lovers. The main theme which the poems are centred around is madness. ‘The Ballad’ on the other hand has an unknown poet‚ this could be as a result of it being passed down from one generation to another. All the three poems deal with the distorted image and status of women‚ and how this had an
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Analysis of a Poem When You are Old‚ by William Butler Yeats‚ represents and elderly woman reminiscing of her younger days. A past lover whispers to her as she looks through a photo album. Basically‚ Yeats is showing that as the woman gets older‚ she is alone‚ but she does not have to be lonely. She will always have her memories for companionship. "When you are old and grey and full of sleep‚ and nodding by the fire" (l.1-2) depicts the woman in her age‚ needing to nap more frequently
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Poem at 39 and Piano Poem at 39 is about a woman describing the relationship with her father. She first talks about how she misses him but the poet portrays a subtle sense of dislike and resentment. She says he was tired when she was born ‘How I miss my father I wish he had not been so tired when I was born. This makes her feel like she is not wanted as she has so many other siblings. A child that age would feel very bad if her father did not give it their love and attention and as they get older
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describe the setting of the poem? (the weather‚ atmosphere) 2. What effect does Porphyria have on the atmosphere in the cottage? 3. Why can’t Porphyria give herself to the narrator completely? 4. What does the narrator realise and how does this make him feel? 5. What does the narrator do and why? 6. What happens at the end of the poem? (Think about the lover’s frame of mind?) An Investigation into Porphyria’s Murder Remember: • This poem is a dramatic monologue. •
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Jordan Friedman Mrs. Kashmer English Period: 4 5-29-13 Writing to Compare Literary Works The following poems set a great example of imagery. The poet’s use of imagery adds to the meaning of each poem. Imagery describes a poem’s true meaning with the five senses. The images of blackberries help me understand the poet’s ideas within the words because of its vivid details. The visual images in line two have a clear picture of blackberry bushes filled with berries. Each adjective is like berry after
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Analysis of Pat Mora ’s "La Migra" Pat Mora ’s "La Migra" is a poem presenting two speakers‚ one female and one male‚ who are playing the game "La Migra" which means "border patrol agents". Mora creates a snapshot of the dangers of living near the Mexican border through the narrators ’ "game". The poem is written with childish language‚ but includes ambiguity of whether the players are children approaching a disturbingly mature theme or whether they ’re adults trying to minimize the stress of
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MARY is driving CHARLIE to her farm an hour outside of Tweedbank which is located somewhere in the Scottish Borders to where her and her family live. MARY and CHARLIE are having a personal discussion. MARY Can you believe it‚ Rose has already done a year of university! CHARLIE Holy shit really?! The last time I saw her‚ she just finished her GCSE’s. Where is she at again? MARY She’s at Edinburgh Napier studying English Literature. CHARLIE That’s crazy. I really hope she’s enjoying herself. God knows
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