PARADISE LOST 1. Dignity‚ reserve and stateliness Of Man’s first disobedience‚ and the fruit Of that forbidden Tree‚ whose mortal taste Brought death into the world‚ and all our woe‚ With loss of Eden‚ till one greater Man Restore us‚ and regain the blissful seat‚ Sing‚ Heavenly Muse (i. 1–6) 2. Sonorous‚ orotund voice O thou that‚ with surpassing glory crown’d Look’st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World. (iv. 32–34) 3. Inversion of the natural order of words and phrases
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that the Duke controls the entire poem‚ that it being a monologue was significant‚ and that he is almost easy to sympathize with and like. The article discusses Ferarra’s nature and his self-involvement which allows the goodness of the Duchess to "shine through the Duke’s utterance." It goes on to speak about sympathy in general and how Browning "delighted in making a case for the apparently immoral position"‚ how he found dramatic monologues the best form to do so‚ and how he went about it. It keeps
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Porphyria’s Lover’ by Robert Browning The dramatic monologue is narrated by the voice of the persona‚ which has been dictated by Robert Browning. This illustrates a contrast in the social classes of Porphyria and the persona. The opening scene is reinforced as “suller” and “spite”‚ nevertheless‚ after the presence of Porphyria‚ the atmosphere mutates to “warm” and “blaze up” followed by her seductive actions. Regarding to Porphyria’s “vainer ties” she is unable to ‘stoop’ causing her to “worship”
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EN238 2/10/14 Tone in “My Last Duchess” “My Last Duchess‚” by Robert Browning is renowned for being an ideal model of a dramatic monologue. He employs the primary elements of a dramatic monologue to produce a poem that compels his readers to interpret the poem from a psychological perspective‚ and thus form opinions or conclusions about the poem’s subjects. Furthermore‚ Browning utilizes the speaker’s tone in unison with a dramatic monologue’s primary features in order to enhance the portrayal
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"My Last Duchess" is a poem by Robert Browning‚ frequently anthologized as an example of the dramatic monologue. It first appeared in 1842 in Browning’s Dramatic Lyrics. The poem is set during the late Italian Renaissance. The speaker (presumably the Duke of Ferrara) is giving the emissary of his prospective new wife (presumably a third or fourth since he Browning could have easily written ’second’ but did not do so) a tour of the artworks in his home. He draws a curtain to reveal a painting of
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On the cover of More! the character again embodies the self for the reader. She represents the more! "ethos of youthful‚ cheeky impertinence" (in Curran 1996: 189) Her red‚ low-cut dress suggests that she is sassy; a vixen that has sexual needs and is not afraid to fulfil them. Again‚ the clear skin and perfect features encourage the reader to believe that there is an inner-beauty within everyone that will shine through. However‚ the More! model does not appear as innocent as the 19 model. Her hair
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GENERAL ESSAY - 25 IN ONE (B.A. ENGLISH) Write a general essay‚ with outline‚ of 300-350 words that covers the following topics; (i) Energy Crisis (ii) Unemployment (iii) Terrorism (iv) Drug Addiction (v) Black Marketing (vi) Corruption (vii) Inflation - Rising Prices (viii) Over-Population (ix) Environmental Pollution (x) Smuggling (xi) Mass Illiteracy (xii) Drug Trafficking (xiii) Sectarianism (xiv) Economic Crisis (xv) Beggary (xvi) Bribery (xvii) Nepotism (xviii) Tax Evasion
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that a boy‚ whom she meets at a party‚ truly loves her‚ when really he is just getting her drunk so her resistance will be lower and she will give in to what he wants from her: sex. Three months later she discovers that she is pregnant‚ she blames teen magazines for filling her head with false ideal of romance. In the very first verse of the poem‚ the writer introduces the scene of the poem‚ “He led her to the quiet bricks of the Birkenhead docks‚ far past the silver stream of the traffic throughout
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Eleanor Roosevelt once said "A woman is like a teabag you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water." The persona in Robert Brownings‚ "the laboratory" took this quote to a new extreme. Here is yet another eye grabbing dramatic monologue by Robert Browning where a jealous women takes revenge to the next level. Shockingly‚ there is some true events behind this poem. It was based off of a French women‚ Marie-Madeleine-Marguérite d’aubray marquise de Brihvillers. She had killed her
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Virgin‚ to Make Much of Time.” Moreover‚ Robert Browning expresses personal desires in “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover” using dramatic monologue. As shown in these texts‚ desires negatively affect people according to a priest’s motivation for women to pursue marriage‚ a Duke’s killing of his Duchess‚ and a lover’s
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