English 2323 - Study Questions “My Last Duchess” – Robert Browning 1. What is the setting for this poem? This poem takes place in the palace of Alfonso II who is the Duke of Ferrara in Italy. 2. Who is the Duke speaking to? The Duke is entertaining an ambassador type person who has come to arrange the marriage of the duke and a daughter of a very wealthy and powerful family. What are they both looking at? They are looking at a painting of the Duke’s last “duchess” or wife that
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Freud’s – "If Moses was an Egyptian" – Response Freud’s "If Moses was an Egyptian" is an obviously different kind of text than his previous ones. The text deals primarily with historical facts‚ a fact which may lead the readers to wonder whether what they read is indeed an actual Freudian text. However‚ after reading the third section‚ the reasons behind the text’s occurrence seem to be much clearer to me; there are two particular themes I found most interesting in the text‚ two themes which seem
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Robert Browning used his poetry as a way of self-determination as many of the ideas expressed in his poems go against the current of the Victorian era. His poetry should be included in the texts list for the HSC because they not only offer examples of classic poetry but also provide insights into the 19th century English society in terms of behaviour‚ gender roles and religion. Three poems that are fine examples of this are "Porphyria’s Lover"‚ "My Last Duchess" and "The Laboratory." "Porphyria’s
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Introduction to Poetry Appreciation. TAQ 2: My Last Duchess by Robert Browning is based upon Duke Alfonso II of Ferrara’s marriage to Lucrezia de’ Medici and her death at his hands. Although it has never been proven that the Duke orchestrated her death‚ she did die suspiciously at the young age of seventeen after only a year of being married to the Duke. At first glance the reader only sees this story but upon reading the poem in more depth and looking at what the form and language devices tell
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First mini paper By Amir Salar Tavangar “Moses in Egypt” This paper is from the book “Moses in Egypt “ by Brad Kessler. I was interested to learn how mosses could be able to convince ferro and his tribe to listen to him. In my point of view the most interesting fact about mosses life was the fact that he did not just stated the fact and logic but he used a lot of magic in order to convince his people and ferro to listen to him. At the beginning‚ god tells mosses “put your stick on
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the Victorian Context Traditional social structure • Different social classes can be (and were by the classes themselves) distinguished by inequalities in such areas as power‚ authority‚ wealth‚ working and living conditions‚ life-styles‚ life-span‚ education‚ religion‚ and culture. Working class – physical labour • Poor living and work conditions • Did not follow rules of courtships • Did not participate in social entertainment • Had very little chance for
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Robert Browning is known as the Master of Psychological dramatic monologue. In "My last Duchess" the reader only hears the Duke’s story whose perverse point of view throws false accusations towards his recently deceased wife. What the reader knows about the characters is limited‚ so he must piece together the story on his own. The story the duke thinks he tells‚ of an unfaithful wife who offended his dignity‚ and the story he really tells‚ of jealousy and possessive love that leads to murder‚ engages
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Andrea/Overfield‚ "Establishing a Covenant with a Chosen People" Moses‚ "THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY" "THE BOOK OF DEUTERONOMY" is written when Moses was leading the Israelites out of Egypt‚ where they were slaves‚ and into the new "Promised Land"‚ (between 1279-1213 B.C.E). The Israelites had just spent many years crossing and wandering in a vast dessert (forty years). As they begin to get closer‚ their leader Moses believes that he will not make it the entire way to the Promised Land
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Henry "Harry" T. Burleigh (1866-1949) Go down Moses Henry ‘’Harry’’ T Burleigh an African American Composer‚ Arranger & Baritone‚ devoted his life to music and to the service of God. Mr. Burleigh a world-famous composer‚ arranger and soloist‚ wrote Go down Moses‚ a negro spiritual The melody to Go Down Moses has a sad nature‚ it reveals feelings of darkness‚ almost as if you will never live to see the day of freedom. It is a dramatic production‚ unforgettable after listening all the way to the
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