Magen Gable Professor Box English 2201-025 11 September 2016 “My Last Duchess” “My Last Duchess” written by Robert Browning is a compelling poem that exposes many different elements when analyzed closely. This is a dramatic monologue that demonstrates a very jealous man who wants complete control over his Duchess. In this poem‚ a Duke is showing a portrait of his first wife to a servant of his future father-in-law in his private art gallery. He keeps this portrait behind a curtain that only
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MY LAST FAMILY REUNION Last year at my family reunion‚ we had an abundance of fun. We had a moon bounce for the kids. We also had a great variety of food. My family played many games. We enjoyed spending time together. Some of the things available for the children were moon bounces‚ a trampoline‚ bikes‚ and much more. The moon bounce was very large and it looked like an obstacle course. My cousins and I enjoyed jumping on the trampoline. It was just the right
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It’s 11:59 pm and the world is about to mark an important day in history. April 29th is here. It has only been 100 days. But what has happened in these past 100 days has left confusion‚ frustration and a torn country. History in this case‚ is hardly defined. News reporters‚ TV stations‚ journalists‚ families and the American people argue whether these first 100 days have been successful or unproductive and irresponsible. As President Trump shoots for par at his private golf course in Florida‚ taxpayers
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“My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning‚ a dramatic monologue poem which explains the thoughts through the Duke point of view. Yet the speaker portraits all these events to one particular person relating to the situation that is drawn out. At the same time the Duke shares the fact that how she was a property of his even after death‚ as he explains the painting of his last Duchess hung behind curtains. The indication of being his property is showing throughout the poem but the beginning stands out as
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Robert Browning sets the tone of "My Last Duchess‚" by using three significant poetic techniques‚ one of which is imagery. Browning uses the Duke’s monologue to sketch out images in the reader’s mind of the Duchess herself‚ and the sinister personality of the Duke. Browning also uses another key device‚ which is diction to illustrate the darkness in this poem. Browning’s careful word choice adds to the description of the Duchess and perhaps her disgraceful behavior‚ as well as the Duke’s terrifying
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Maricar Reyes Instructor: J. Cruz EN100-15 September 25‚ 2010 Essay #2 – Descriptive My Graduation Day The most important day of my life had just happened recently this year. The word graduation means more than a ceremony for me. It means changes in my life‚ to reach a higher stage of my life‚ the time to become a new person‚ the time to grow up‚ time to follow my dreams and separate responsibilities from fun. We have fought the fight‚ and we have overcome‚ and we took our final walk in
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My Last Duchess 1. The speaker of the poem is the Duke of Ferrara who is indeed a very strict individual and demanding and always wants to be pleased. 2. He is speaking to the father of the woman that he wants to marry. The appropriate audience would be the family of the woman. 3. The word persona is applicable because it is interpreted in first person‚ Duke Ferrara’s perspective. 4. The dramatic situation is when the Duke is negotiating his art gallery in order for the father to agree on
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Murder... mystery... intrigue... All describe Robert Browning’s poem‚ "My Last Duchess." From the speakers’s indirect allusions to the death of his wife the reader might easily think that the speaker committed a vengeful crime out of jealousy. His flowery speech confuses and disguises any possible motives‚ however‚ and the mystery is left unsolved. Based on the poem’s style‚ structure‚ and historical references‚ it becomes evident that even if the speaker did not directly kill his
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mToday My Life Begins Lyrics i’ve been working hard so long seems like pain has been my only friend my fragile heart’s been done so wrong i wondered if i’d ever heal again ohh just like all the seasons never stay the same all around me i can feel a change (ohh) i will break these chains that bind me‚ happiness will find me leave the past behind me‚ today my life begins a whole new world is waiting it’s mine for the taking i know i can make it‚ today my life begins yesterday has
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In Robert Browning ’s "My Last Duchess‚" a portrait of the egocentric and power loving Duke of Ferrara is painted for us. Although the duke ’s monologue appears on the surface to be about his late wife‚ a close reading will show that the mention of his last duchess is merely a side note in his self-important speech. Browning uses the dramatic monologue form very skillfully to show us the controlling‚ jealous‚ and arrogant traits the duke possessed without ever mentioning them explicitly. The
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