transcends all boundaries. Two complementary poems illustrate this fact‚ despite being written 150 years apart. Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” is set in 16th Century Italy. The Duke of Ferrara is discussing the portrait of his last duchess to an envoy of a nobleman‚ whose daughter he is planning to marry. Similarly‚ the contemporary woman in Gabriel Spera’s “My Ex-Husband‚” relates the details of her first marriage to the man in her new relationship. Throughout both dramatic monologues‚ jealousy
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My Last Duchess Analysis “My Last Duchess” is a poem loosely based on historic events and historic figures written by Robert Browning. We are to gather that the figure speaking in “My Last Duchess” is Alfonso‚ the Duke of Ferrara who lived in the 16th century. “My Last Duchess” is written as a dramatic lyric or monologue because the whole work involves fictional characters that act out a scene. The title “My Last Duchess” gives the reader a breadth of information to work with. We know that the
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Document Analysis # 4: Competing Visions: Who was Responsible for the My Lai Massacre? On March 16‚ 1968 the massacre of My Lai took place when 75 troops marched into the village of My Lai and killed over 500 civilians. This unfortunate blemish on America is still being debated today‚ unsure of where to place the blame. Do they place it with Lt. William Calley for giving the command to his troops‚ or to Lt. Calley’s commanding officers who from which Calley was just acting out orders‚ or to the
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In “The My Lai Massacre: A Military Crime of Obedience”‚ Herbert C. Kelman and V. Lee Hamilton argue that an average person feels justified in participating in massacres after three specific conditions are met: authorization‚ routinization‚ and dehumanization. The authors discuss this topic by referencing the specific incident that was the My Lai Massacre. Yet‚ while examining this specific incident‚ they are blinded by their academic mindset and manage to overlook that the event was not as black
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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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“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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always been a constant struggle for me because all my friends are into those types of things‚ things that I want to do‚ but I just can’t when it comes down to it. I really don’t know why I’m afraid of high places because I feel that if I were to get over my fear‚ then I would have such an amazing time doing them. Fear is stupid‚ I wish I could overcome all my fears but every time I get the chance to I back out. A couple of months ago‚ I remember my good friend Henry inviting me to go swim at a place
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find a true state of belonging. This internal struggle‚ an individual may endure involves barriers that are needed to be overcome in order to feel included‚ as if these barriers are not overcome then alienation occurs. The memoir‚ Gaita’s “Romulus‚ My Father” highlights the prevalent intense struggle of seeking belonging in a foreign country in Romulus‚ and emphasizes the positive effect that finding a state of belonging has.
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and support that is essential to human nature. Romulus‚ My Father‚ a biographical memoir written by Raimond Gaita‚ explores these concepts of how connections to people and place‚ or lack thereof‚ can have dramatic and detrimental consequences on our wellbeing. This is particularly explored in the characters Christine and Romulus‚ who each experience an absence of belonging in their relationships with people and place. As well as this‚ Romulus‚ My Father demonstrates how belonging to place can be affected
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In the morning of March 16 1960 American Soldiers of Charlie company were on a mission to “search and destroy” any enemy found in a village north of South Vietnam which is known as My Lai and made a cowardly mistake . Arriving at My Lai there were no male Vietnamese soldiers‚ only people eating breakfast and and although they claim they were under orders it’s a bit absurd that they were ordered to wind up hundreds of people in a drainage ditch and shoot them‚ rape a bunch of innocent women and kill
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