1953. So it could be the case that in the end Dylan Thomas did go gentle into that good night‚ or maybe it was his own way to rage against the dying of the light. In My Last Duchess‚ the vulnerability and fragility of life is shown through the monologue of an unhinged Duke. He is speaking to a Count’s servant about his last Duchess‚ as he is planning to marry the Count’s daughter. The poem uses subtle foreboding and eloquent speech to portray the Duke’s obsessive madness. The Duke begins talking
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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 Browning written in 1842 shows how status‚ wealth and the marriage market
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My Last Duchess The relationship between the Duke and Duchess in the poem My Last Duchess is very possessive. The Duke in the poem‚ frequently objectifies his late wife by referring to her as ‘my last duchess’. The use of the word ‘my’ suggests that it is personal to him and he has possession over her as she belongs to him. It also suggests that the relationship was very singular and for his benefit only as it was his wife and therefore his relationship. This reveals that the couple’s relationship
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strong‚ but I knew better. She struggles every day. My father would disowned me if he knew I was hurting her. We should not touch her till she is at least 18. My father is a respectful men. He would not want to hurt somebody this young. Well as soon as she is 18 she will be fair game. She will be an adult. Even my father would not argue about what I can do to her. He asked me years ago to wait. To be patient. But I needed to break her. Make her weak. My father doesn’t know how it feels when someone takes
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not look back. I know that I must not disobey this simple request. Yet‚ I cannot stop my mind from running untamed. I now listen closely for Eurydice’s footfall behind me‚ but her shade makes no sound. Could I have been tricked by Hades and his cold Queen Persephone? Did Eurydice fall behind? Questions of mistrust and other morbid thoughts seem to close in on my brain. I desperately yearn to see her with all of my essence. Yet‚ the words of Hades seem to echo. You must not turn around. You must not
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As I was chasing after Cassio‚ he ran up to Desdemona and gently pressed against her throat with a knife‚ I then stopped immediately and told him "Cassio?!... Please don’t hurt my Desdemona‚ it’s between me and you. He then continues to stare at me while slowly backing up to the door. As he got closer to the door‚ I start to run towards him‚ Cassio then used the knife to wound Desdemona in her left arm‚ and ran off outside. As I’m running up to her‚ Emilia enters and sees the blood pouring down
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My last duchess The poem “my last duchess” by Robert browning‚ a 19th century English poet‚ is based on historic events in 15th century Ferrara (contemporary Italy). The speaker‚ is actually Alfonso the 2nd‚ who entertains in his house his future wife’s‚ from Tyrol (current Austria)‚ negotiator (the servant). Alfonso married his late wife‚ Lucrezia from the Medici family‚ when she was only 14 years old. Unlike him‚ whose noble family origins dates back a centuries (“as if she ranked my gift of
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was time to showcase our talents. I pulled my chair across the room to a group of about nine kids‚ creating a louder SQUEAK than I intended. All forty-eight heads swiveled to look at me. My cheeks grew red as a summer sunset. Careful to keep my chair
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It is under much strain that I withhold the flood of tears behind my eyes. For if the levy bursts‚ I fear I may meet a fate much like dear Ophelia. My dear Ophelia… my friend‚ my sister… I am aghast by your drowning‚ there was so much more for you in this world‚ you were like a blossoming flower‚ emerging into the light for all to see… and now‚ without even slowly wilting away‚ you are gone‚ and I am alone. Oh God‚ why would you take her and leave me so alone‚ and so soon after our own father’s
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My wife‚ Tessie was in the midst of of people who were trying to kill her. I felt so disconsolate! I was in the house‚ trying to forget what had happened‚ but I could still hear her blood-curdling screams for help in my mind. “Papa‚ Papa! We smell something very egregious in the backyard!” opined the children. “Yes‚ I know children‚ I hate to say it but‚ your mother has passed away. Her corpse is buried in the backyard‚” I elucidated in a subdued tone. When I was trying to calm everyone down‚ Billy
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