Murder... mystery... intrigue... All describe Robert Browning’s poem‚ "My Last Duchess." From the speakers’s indirect allusions to the death of his wife the reader might easily think that the speaker committed a vengeful crime out of jealousy. His flowery speech confuses and disguises any possible motives‚ however‚ and the mystery is left unsolved. Based on the poem’s style‚ structure‚ and historical references‚ it becomes evident that even if the speaker did not directly kill his
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Farewell‚ My Queen is a novel written about the life at the Versaille during the French Revolution in the late 18th century through the eye of the Queen’s reading assistant named Sidonie Larborde. The French’s population‚ especially the royals and nobles‚ during this time are known for being extremely coward and selfish and will escape at a slight moment of danger. However‚ Farewell‚ My Queen tells the story of the French Revolution from a different perspective‚ where not everyone is a coward. Sidonie
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A Husband’s Worst Nightmare When a husband hears the news of his wife having an affair outside their marriage‚ he becomes the victim and is left to decide what to do about the situation. While an author can set up this chain of events with ease‚ taking the story and giving it life is something completely different. To bring the audience in and assist them in feeling what the husband is thinking and feeling‚ and at the same time showing sympathy to the wife is truly a work of art. “Under the
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Magen Gable Professor Box English 2201-025 11 September 2016 “My Last Duchess” “My Last Duchess” written by Robert Browning is a compelling poem that exposes many different elements when analyzed closely. This is a dramatic monologue that demonstrates a very jealous man who wants complete control over his Duchess. In this poem‚ a Duke is showing a portrait of his first wife to a servant of his future father-in-law in his private art gallery. He keeps this portrait behind a curtain that only
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Mendoza‚ Mark ENG 091 D. Portillo 10 March 2012 The American Nightmare Let’s face it‚ the economy is in a horrible condition and it can be seen all across the nation. Education‚ employment‚ and balancing life is an everyday struggle for most Americans during these hard time. Citizens are stuck in their social class and can not move up‚ instead they might even fall below their current standard of living. Immigrants are still migrating to this once marvelous country‚ but their chances
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The American Nightmare For better or for worse‚ many people have desperately sought after the treasured American Dream. It is a dream like no other; it has no specific guidelines for one to know whether or not they have achieved the dream‚ yet for millions‚ it is their sole reason for working. Although this may seem ludicrous to someone hearing of the Dream for the first time‚ most would agree that it is perfectly normal to have a desire for such an abstract goal‚ after all‚ who would not want economic
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enrich or limit their experience of belonging.’ An enriched experience of belonging can be seen in the strong relationship between a father and son. This concept can be clearly identified with reference to both Raimond Gaita’s elegiac memoir ‘Romulus‚ My Father’ and Gabriele Muccino’s film ‘the Pursuit of Happyness’ which is based on the biography by Chris Garner. In both texts‚ a strong sense of belonging can be recognised between a father and son and through the unconditional love they share with
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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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1. My last Duchess’s Duke begins by bringing up the portrait which he starts reminiscing but they aren’t the most positive thoughts. Memories of the last duchess’s attitude towards other men‚ the Duke had the feeling of being unappreciated by passing on a Victorian name and she did not give the name any respect. I think that all the duchess’s actions made the Duke react by giving the command to “take care of her‚” meaning to get rid of her by death so he can remarry. 2. Ferrara is addressing the
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have the same nightmare. In it‚ an NFL player is killed during a game. Unlike the Commish‚ who was revealed to have this fear (the NFL and Goodell both disputed the assertion) in a recent profile in ESPN The Magazine‚ there is nothing figurative about my bad dream. It attacks my sleep periodically‚ usually in the summer rather than during football season‚ as if my subconscious is reminding me just how much the NFL means to me. The doomed player in my nightmare isn’t one of my beloved Cincinnati
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