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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Reading LogNicola JoeTitle: My Sister’s KeeperAuthor: Jodi PicoultDate I Finished the text: 11/03/2013Text Source: NovelDate of publication: 2010Once you pick it up‚ you can never put it down. This family tragic drawns you in every moment and get interesting and interesting because everybody gets a chapter and you read it from the point of views of Anna‚ Sara‚ Brian‚ Campbell (Anna’s Lawyer)‚ Jesse (Anna’s Brother)‚ Julia and lastly Kate (Anna’s sister)‚ but we don’t get Kate’s point of view until
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Direction approach How to travel to Paris safe and cheap Finding safe and cheap means of travelling is an important and essential aspect for every traveler. Being one of the major tourism destinations Paris has many wonderful sights to visit and it would be great for every traveler to visit this fascinating city both in a cheap and safe way. There are several effective steps that every traveler has to follow while traveling to Paris and so choosing the means of transportation‚ buying a
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friends‚ heartbreak‚ inspirational‚ life‚ love‚ sisters 19‚835 people liked it like “If you have a sister and she dies‚ do you stop saying you have one? Or are you always a sister‚ even when the other half of the equation is gone?” ― Jodi Picoult‚ My Sister’s Keeper tags: death‚ loss‚ sisters 1‚921 people liked it like “Sweet‚ crazy conversations full of half sentences‚ daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be.” ― Toni Morrison‚ Beloved tags: babyghosts
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Diane Morales Mr. Gibson American History February 14‚ 2013 My Lai Massacre Unfortunate event occurred at Pink Vile when the Charlie Company was there. The Geneva Convention was clearly violated when captain Medina and Lt. Calley were giving orders to shoot innocent civilians. There was a year cover up of the My Lai Massacre in the time military forces were looking for excuses to justify their actions. Why was Lt. Calley the only one held accountable and was his punishment fair? Who should have
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I read a critical article on Robert Browning’s "My Last Duchess". I confess it was harder to find something in the NCLC’s than I would’ve thought. There was a considerable accumulation of critiques on Browning’s work‚ but very little on "My Last Duchess". The article I found concentrated mostly on the Duke in the poem‚ and our reactions to him‚ stating that "[t]he utter outrageousness of the Duke’s behavior makes condemnation the least interesting response " The title of the article was "Sympathy
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My Sister’s Keeper My Sister’s Keeper revolves mainly around a thirteen year old girl by the name of Anna Fitzgerald. Anna came into this world in a very unique manner. She was specifically designed to match the rare blood type of her sister Kate. Her parents where insisted my doctors that this would be in the best interest of Kate who was suffering. The day Anna was born‚ doctors would draw blood from her umbilical cords to donate to Kate. And every time after that when Kate was sick‚ Anna
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1. Title a. My Sister’s Keeper 2. Author b. Jodi Picoult 3. Genre c. Young Adult Fiction 4. Quotations and Significance d. "They don’t really pay attention to me‚ except when they need my blood or something. I wouldn’t even be alive‚ if it wasn’t for Kate being sick." i. This quote explains Anna’s mindset of her purpose in life. She considers herself as being used and not cared for as a person. The reason for her being born was because the doctors
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READERS Teacher Support Programme LEVEL 3 My Fair Lady Alan Jay Lerner acquaintance‚ Colonel Pickering‚ that after six months of lessons with him‚ he could teach Eliza to speak with such a pure upper-class accent that no one would be able to tell where she came from. Chapter 2: Eliza’s father‚ Alfred Doolittle was thrown out of the pub as he hasn’t got enough money to pay for his drinks. Eliza gives him some money. About the author My Fair Lady was originally a stage musical based
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Title: My Sisters Keeper Author: Jodi Picoult Text Type: Novel In the novel My Sisters Keeper‚ the author Jodi Picoult brings up the issues of moral ethics and family dynamics. She explores the balance between saving a child’s life and putting another child in danger. Although I think the main theme in the novel would be that you should always live in the present instead of future‚ and live life it to the fullest. My Sisters Keeper is a moving story about Ana who files a law suit over the rights
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