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    My Last Duchess Essay

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    Through “My Last Duchess”‚ Browning exposes the innermost characteristics of the Duke of Ferrara. The Duke is the speaker of the poem and is hashing out the details of another marriage with an emissary from a Count when he draws a curtain to reveal a magnificent fresco of the Duke’s Last Duchess. The emissary voices a question about the expression on her face‚ an “earnest glance” of “depth and passion” (line 8)‚ prompting the Duke’s monologue. Looking upon the artwork‚ the Duke praises “Fra Pandolf’s

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    My Last Duchess 1. The speaker of the poem is the Duke of Ferrara who is indeed a very strict individual and demanding and always wants to be pleased. 2. He is speaking to the father of the woman that he wants to marry. The appropriate audience would be the family of the woman. 3. The word persona is applicable because it is interpreted in first person‚ Duke Ferrara’s perspective. 4. The dramatic situation is when the Duke is negotiating his art gallery in order for the father to agree on

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    My Last Film‚’ a statement on stereotyping The independent film circuit has always been a place for filmmakers to bring to life their darkest and most honest observations about life‚ or in this case‚ the independent film industry in itself. Zia Anger‚ renowned filmmaker and music video director‚ is making a big statement with her latest short film My Last Film‚ an eerie short that paints a sobering picture of the state of things in show business. The nine minute film is separated into two segments--one

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    My Last Day In Mexico

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    My family and I grew up in Mexico with a mother was a very strict catholic. She would take us to church and to all sorts of events the church we went to sponsored. Also‚ Halloween is not a holiday in Mexico. Instead‚ we celebrate the Day of the Dead and the Day of All Saints. Every year‚ during these two days‚ my family and I would go to our local cemetery and place marigold flowers and food on the graves on our ancestors. It was a tradition we kept doing until we moved here to Glenwood Springs.

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    Robert Brownings poem My Last Duchess‚ is a great poem about a very colorful character and his trials with jealously‚ control‚ and marriage. Throughout the poem the reader is able to gather that it is about a Duke who is entertaining an emissary who has come to negotiate the Dukes next marriage. As the Duke is entertaining the emissary‚ the he takes the opportunity to show a portrait of his late wife‚ or as the poem titles says his last duchess. The Duke upon showing the portrait‚ almost immediately

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    What if… Without the impetus of the 9/11 strike on the World Trade Center in New York City‚ the Pentagon in Virginia‚ and a field in rural Pennsylvania‚ Congress might not have embraced the best rearrangement of the national security organization since the Truman years‚ sewing together the Department of Homeland Security from almost two dozen offices. Aerial shuttle travel would now have its inconveniences; however‚ greatly meddling security screening may not be one of them. American foreign

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    You are my Sunshine

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    Her voice was quiet; he wasn’t sure if he was even actually hearing it or if he was imagining it. "You are my sunshine‚ my only sunshine…You make me happy when skies are gray…." This song…it was one that she had taught him. He couldn’t recall exactly when she taught him it‚ or who had been the one to teach her it. He was positive it was one of the humans‚ either John or Jade. It seemed like a song that they would know‚ sappy and cheesy. It was probably John that taught her it. Either way it didn’t

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    My Last Day at School

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    534 Words Short Essay on My Last Day at School By Ankita on August 21‚ 2011 in How to Write Essay Tears trickle down my cheeks as I remember my last day in my school. It was the day of parting and parting in life is painful. It was the last chapter of the glorious book of my student life. I had been a student in my school for ten years. It was a golden period of my life. But the golden period passed away like a happy dream. The 15th of February‚ 1964‚ was my last day at school. It was a day

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    My Last Duchess Notes

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    MY LAST DUCHESS: Narrative perspective/voices: first person narrator‚ aristocrat‚ superior and detached‚ clear sense of the addressee who the duke thinks is inferior‚ the Duke talks about the duchess but never quotes her words‚ the duke a performer who mimics the voices of others‚ chilling sinister tone‚ etc. Setting: the duke of Ferrara’s palace‚ upstairs in the gallery‚ 16th century setting‚ etc. Dramatic monologue‚ written in iambic pentameters‚ reads like blank verse in a drama/contains

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    Although they are famous works by two different famous poets‚ "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning and "Ulysses" by Alfred Lord Tennyson share many similarities. Both poems are examples of dramatic monologues‚ in that they consist entirely of the speech of the main character. As a result they both have very few stanzas. "My Last Duchess" is set in Italy during the Renaissance period. In this poem the Duke is talking to his prospective father-in-law’s servant about a painting of his former wife. Ulysses

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