her voice‚ movement and body language‚ manner of speech‚ the way she stands and sits‚ and responds to other people around her. Every lady can be a “duchess” if we just try to work hard to improve our personality. We can be like Eliza Doolittle of “My Fair Lady” who fought her incompetency in the manner on how she act‚ dress‚ and speak. She devoted her precious time in practicing words and phrases that are hard for her to pronounce accurately and also in correcting her very thick cockney accent.
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My Last Duchess-Robert Browning The poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning is a poem written about a Duke of the 16th the century. The Duke is the speaker of the poem an is explaining to a visitor about a portrait of a ex-wife. He tells how she was a flirt and had very disgraceful behavior. He claims she flirted with everyone and did not appreciate his "gift of a nine-hundred-years- old name." As his monologue continues‚ the reader realizes with ever-more chilling certainty that the Duke in
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published a book entitled Dramatic Lyrics‚ which was a famous work that contained a collection of dramatic monologues. Two of the poems found in this book were “Porphyria’s Lover” and “My Last Duchess”. In “Porphyria’s Lover”‚ Browning introduces a powerful insight into the demented mind of an extremely possessive man‚ while “My Last Duchess” tells a story about the Duke of Ferrara revealing to a guest the murder of his wife and the motives behind it. The two speakers share similar qualities‚ both being
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All My Sons Response Paper THR 105 “All My Sons” is a very intriguing and captivating play. The characters seemed very real and the plot was very powerful. There are so many questions that the audience wants answers to while watching the play and none are really ever answered until the very end. Since the plot was structured in this way‚ I felt that it was very crucial to pay as close attention as possible. I found it hard to concentrate on the plot some times because the scene never changes
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My sister’s keeper is a best-selling novel by Jodi Picoult. The story around Fitzgerald’s life when they found out that a daughter‚ Kate‚ had a rare and aggressive form of leukemia. Sara Fitzgerald‚ an intelligent and strong mother hoped that someday Kate would be cured. Her life centers on her efforts to keep Kate alive. Kate’s doctor suggested that the only way to prolong Kate’s life hope is to create another genetically child. Sara agreed and then Fitzgerald’s had a new member named Anna who
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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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My Last Duchess By Robert Browning Submitted to: Mrs. Parsons Gill Submitted by: Jenny Dewland Date: September 24th 2012 English 2201 1. The title of the poem being “My Last Duchess” refers to the Duke of Ferrera’s late wife‚ in which he has recently been widowed due to her unknown death. As we read the title‚ the use of “MY Last Duchess” provides the fact that the poem is being told in first person‚ being the Duke himself. In the poem‚ he is having a showing of this beautiful painting
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In the novel‚ My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult‚ a child was genetically engineered to become a donor for another child’s benefit. This novel covered a story of the genetically engineered child that was trying to fight for the right of her own body with her parents. The novel questioned human ethics and morals and the extent of medical technologies that should be allowed. At the end of the novel‚ it concluded that there was no correct answer relating to this situation. I realize that it was a hard
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EVALUATE HOW BELONGING IS EXPLORED THROUGH ‘ROMULUS MY FATHER’ & ONE RELATED TEXT An individual’s ability to belong is based on their capacity to reconcile their values to a larger group identity; whereas a failure to connect‚ due to a disparity in values‚ results in isolation. Raimond Gaita’s memoir Romulus‚ My Father‚ highlights the centrality of values in connecting through the contrasting experiences of Raimond and Romulus where Romulus’ failure to belong is based on his refusal to acculturate
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