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    Virginia Woolf Have you ever wondered how an author’s personal life can influence their writing? Virginia Woolf‚ an English writer‚ is one of those authors because her personal life did influence her writing. Although Virginia is known to be a depressed author she did have positive things in her lifetime along with bad. Virginia Woolf had challenges in her early life‚ middle life‚ later life‚ had literary critics‚ and things that influenced her writing. Virginia Woolf was born on January 25‚ 1882

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    Major Themes Hell on Earth The Duchess of Malfi is a play replete with darkness‚ both literal and figurative. There are good figures‚ and these characters are associated with light. On the other hand‚ the brothers‚ who exhibit unrelenting evil‚ are associated with motifs of darkness‚ fire‚ the devil‚ and sin. The idea that the brothers have unleashed hell on Earth is most apparent in the fourth act‚ which includes utter horrors like fake corpses‚ a severed hand‚ a plethora of madmen‚ and most

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    Virginia Woolf was an English author. She was a feminist‚ publisher‚ essayist and critic. Woolf commonly acquired female authors Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte. Woolf analyses women and their struggles as artists‚ their position in literary history and need for independence in her works of literature. Woolf’s short story “Angel in the House” has a deeper meaning then just a female author sharing pointers and stories on how she succeeded in her career to another woman trying to become a successful

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    In Robert Browning ’s "My Last Duchess‚" a portrait of the egocentric and power loving Duke of Ferrara is painted for us. Although the duke ’s monologue appears on the surface to be about his late wife‚ a close reading will show that the mention of his last duchess is merely a side note in his self-important speech. Browning uses the dramatic monologue form very skillfully to show us the controlling‚ jealous‚ and arrogant traits the duke possessed without ever mentioning them explicitly. The

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    Discuss My Last Duchess as an example of a well constructed dramatic monologue. Robert Browning used the poetic device of the dramatic monologue in his poem "My Last Duchess."  One advantage of using this device is that it allows the speaker’s own words to reveal‚ celebrate‚ or‚ in this case‚ condemn his behavior.  The speaker in "My Last Duchess" is the Duke‚ loosely based on the historical figure‚ the Duke of Ferrara whose own young wife died under mysterious circumstances. Browning writes the

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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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    Edward Albee’s “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” is a play based on illusions. Each character lives their life behind some sort of illusion whether it’s based on their past‚ their marriage or their whole life. Each illusion presents a view into their personal lives and either connects or tears apart relationships in each character’s life. George’s life is surrounded by illusions. He never was able to succeed in anything he attempts and Martha finds joy in attacking him emotionally for this. He first

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    Tecca Zimmerman Lit and Society Professor Peresie 4/10/12 The Worth of My Last Duchess Worthwhile literature has four basic elements‚ or characteristics that help to qualify a work as a worthwhile piece of literature. The four characteristics that help determine a piece of literature to be worthy of reading and studying are that it creates a lasting impression‚ it stretches the reader’s imagination‚ it is an aesthetically pleasing experience‚ and finally‚ it communicates across cultural

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    as well more complexly as a structuring device through a movement backwards and forwards through time‚ the juxtaposing of events of different times‚ and so forth. A HAUNTED HOUSE is a symbolic representation of Modernism as seen through Virginia Woolf?s style. It is not accidental the fact that it is a short-novel; the profound concentration of

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    In the essay A Room of One’s Own‚ the author Virginia Woolf states that "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." She believes that women need money as it would release them from their dependence on men; and a room of their own as it would provide them with the time and space in order to write with no interruptions. The money and the room are symbolic of greater issues‚ such as freedom‚ privacy and financial independence. In the early 20th century‚ due to their lack

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