only way for the women to be happy with them forever is to take their lives. Along with the their jealously and instability it leads them to take their lovers lives to keep them from others to be theirs for the rest of time. The stories dramatic monologue follow the same pattern but have different meanings changing the story and it’s affect on
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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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shifting away from exclusively male to become inclusive of females‚ a contentious change that frightens males. The initial display of the speaker’s need for control becomes evident through examining the structure of the poem. Browning uses the dramatic monologue‚ which takes the form of a first person narrator presenting a highly subjective perspective of a story without mediation. With this writing technique‚ Browning creates a private atmosphere between the reader and the speaker‚ which allows the speaker
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Three times her little throat around‚ And strangled her. (Browning‚ Porphyria ’s Lover"‚ Lines 39-41) This does detract from the couplet though it emphasizes the tone‚ making the understated nature even more sociopathic. This is one example of how this simple tool in itself masterfully accentuates the overall tone of understatement and the impression of lackadaisical unaffected speech. The majority of the words in this poem are monosyllabic which adds to the mood. However‚ what is
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Interior Monologue Dr. Spivey sits down at his desk and puts his glasses on. He shuffles his papers and begins to review the events of the previous weeks in his journal. Spivey then contemplates the letter requesting his resignation. These past weeks have been hard on everyone. As much as Mr. McMurphy has changed this ward for good‚ there are moments when I wish he had never been committed. Before McMurphy there had been an age of oppression. The patients’ life schedules were forced down their
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I am examining the characters of the Duke and Macbeth and how they can be considered disturbed characters. The play‚ ‘Macbeth’ and poem‚ ‘My Last Duchess’ both show psychological truths and insights into the characters. While the Duke shows himself to be disturbed straight away in the poem‚ Macbeth’s mental deterioration takes place and develops as the play proceeds. ‘Macbeth’ written by William Shakespeare and set in 1050 contains themes of status‚ power and death while ‘My Last Duchess’ by Robert
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Leung 1 Richelle Leung Ms. Ratchford ENG 2D1e 26 February 2013 “Just Lather‚ That’s All” Captain Torres Monologue I‚ Captain Torres‚ who believes that our country should have better conditions‚ am here to bring out a new revolution! You people‚ who oppose us‚ definitely did not think it through! Have you ever thought about your living conditions? Wouldn’t you want to improve it? Or make it a better place for all of us to live in? Look at yourself and look at people around you! Don’t you people
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Written commentary on monologues In my creative writing the purpose throughout the text was to entertain and to get a message across to the audience about the effects that cyber bullying can have on people and to know how the victim feels and the effect on the family. My target audience for the monologue is mainly aimed at young children and teens from ages 8-18 years also because my topic is a moral issue it could be used to inform the readers about cyber bullying and some readers can relate to
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For example‚ in A Bronx Tale the protagonist‚ C‚ meets a big time mobster named Sonny that teaches him how to live life at its fullest. Unlike in most stories‚ in The Demon Lover‚ there is no character that serves as source of wisdom for Mrs. Drove. She does
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Tecca Zimmerman Lit and Society Professor Peresie 4/10/12 The Worth of My Last Duchess Worthwhile literature has four basic elements‚ or characteristics that help to qualify a work as a worthwhile piece of literature. The four characteristics that help determine a piece of literature to be worthy of reading and studying are that it creates a lasting impression‚ it stretches the reader’s imagination‚ it is an aesthetically pleasing experience‚ and finally‚ it communicates across cultural
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