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    uncaring and how the male character feels about the death of his wife/lover. All of these points are shown and used by Robert Browning in the two poems‚ Porphirias Lover and My Last Duchess. In the poem Porphirias Lover presents the relationship between men and women as showing the men being in control. From lines thirty one to thirty three Browning wrote Be sure I looked up at her eyes happy and proud; at least I knew Porphyria worshipped me; The word worshipped means to treat somebody or something

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    DEMON’S WRATH Elizabeth Bowen‘s "The Demon Lover" is the story of Kathleen Drover’s repressed fear driving her to psychotic madness. The story shows us that what you create in your mind is a reflection of who you are inside. Kathleen Drover is an indirect casualty of war. When she was 19‚ Kathleen had lost her fiancé to the First World War. After she heard of his death‚ she had entered a state of depression that lasted 13 years. During this time‚ the pledge of binding love that they had made

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    fulfilment. His experience growing up in a coal-mining family provided much of the inspiration for Sons and Lovers‚ his third novel‚ also considered his ‘crowning achievement’ (Qamar Naheed‚ 1998). Written in 1913‚ it is considered a pioneering work for its realism‚ vivid characterisation‚ treatment of sex complications and faultless control over tone and narrative method. Sons and Lovers is referred to as a Künstlerroman (a version of the Bildungsroman)‚ which is a novel charting the growth and

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    Elizabeth Bowen’s short story “The Demon Lover‚” the reader is captivated by an obsession from an old love. In the story‚ Mrs. Drover is returning to her abandoned town and empty house to collect some belongings only to be greeted by a presence. Mrs. Drover believes this presence is an old love coming back. In the poem “Obsession” by Dana S. the speaker personifies obsession and gets the reader to sense that obsession can be a presence to anyone. In “The Demon Lover‚” the story opens up with a description

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    Marfan syndrome Abraham Lincoln History: The syndrome is inherited as a dominant trait‚ carried by the gene FBN1‚ which encodes the connective protein fibrillin-1. People have a pair ofFBN1 genes. Because it is dominant‚ people who have inherited one affected FBN1 gene from either parent will have Marfan syndrome. Marfan syndrome has a range of expressions‚ from mild to severe. The most serious complications are defects of the heart valves and aorta. It may also affect the lungs‚ the eyes‚

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    In 1842‚ Robert Browning 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

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    certainly possible to make an issue and to make the audience well-aware of its own naivety by the use of an ambivalent title‚ as Elizabeth Bowen and Saki have tried to do with their respective short stories ‘The Demon Lover’ and ‘The Open Window’. The first tale yet‚ ‘The Demon Lover’‚ shows that it is not that difficult to put one on the wrong track. The title implies that it might be a ghost story‚ which was still very popular those days‚ but after a first lecture we can conclude that this is not

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    Lady Chatterley’s Lover‚ written by DH. Lawrence was first published in 1928. The novel follows around the protagonist of the story‚ Lady Constance Chatterley. The story is about how this woman‚ who is trapped in a loveless and almost sterile marriage‚ finds emotional and physical love with the gameskeeper of her husband’s estate. As a story about the relationships between men and women‚ I find this book a very nice read‚ but with Lawrence also using this novel as a way to show his readers the

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    HEMIN TEST Introduction Ludwig Karl Teichmann was a Polish anatomist and physician who made an enduring contribution to forensic science with his discovery of the Hemin test or Teichmann test for hemoglobin. Also called the Teichmann crystal‚ this is a test that is used on dried stains to determine whether or not blood is present. Dr. Teichmann made his forensic discovery in 1853. His microcrystalline test remains in use today as a means of identifying whether or not dried stains at a crime

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    The representation of family life in Cold Comfort Farm and Sons and Lovers Family life in Cold Comfort Farm ia portrayed negatively mostly throughout the novel. It’s one of the main themes in the novel and can be seen through Flora and the presentation of the ‘Starkadders’ (Flora’s distant relatives). Flora is not close to her family and says ‘If i find out i have any third cousins living at Cold Comfort called Seth‚ or Reuben‚ I shall not go’. This shows that she’s already stereotyping her own

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