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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a negative quality. Some famous introverts include Albert Einstein‚ Charles Darwin‚ and J. K. Rowling. If these influential people had been “diagnosed” with shyness and “treated” for it‚ they may not have had the opportunity to make the powerful contributions they gave to modern society. The following is an excerpt from the essay “Shyness: Evolutionary Tactic” that describes the experiment Professor Wilson conducted. “In an illustrative experiment‚ David Sloan Wilson‚ a Binghamton evolutionary
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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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I’m pretty much angry every day and it’s pretty much always for the same reason: My Chemical Romance. I first listened to MCR when I was 11 or 12. I heard a song called Cancer while creating a playlist on a website called 8tracks. My friend told me to put the song on the playlist so I did. It was a playlist inspired by The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. The song was a sad one and I didn’t really look into them much further because I already heard a few other songs (in passing‚ you could say)‚
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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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All My Sons 3/18/13 Critical Lens - Benjamin Aereli Benjamin Aereli once said that “Circumstances are beyond the control of the man‚ but his conduct is in his power.” I agree with this quote. This quote means that unexpected things happen‚ things that one does not have any control over. One does have control over how they handle a situation. Many examples of this idea can be found in literature. The play All My Sons by Arthur Miller illustrates this idea several times. Two characters
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