2011 HSC In what ways does a comparative study accentuate the distinctive contexts of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and A Room of One’s Own? Context is vividly reflected through artistic texts over time in order to assert the author’s opinion on the same human issues‚ such as truth. Virginia Woolf’s A room of one’s own (1928) dismantles the strength of the patriarchy and their singular truth‚ through the creative form of her lecture given at a women’s college‚ to empower women to speak
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"I have read 200 pages [of Ulysses] so far‚" Virginia Woolf writes in her diary for 16 August 1922‚ and reports that she has been "amused‚ stimulated‚ charmed[‚] interested ... to the end of the Cemetery scene." As "Hades" gives way to "Aeolus‚" however‚ and the novel of character and private sensibility yields to a farrago of styles‚ she is "puzzled‚ bored‚ irritated‚ & disillusioned"--by no grand master of language‚ in her characterization‚ but "by a queasy undergraduate scratching his pimples
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Outline the major changes introduced by the Woolf Reforms Since Lord Woolf recommended reforms in his report in 1996 there have been many changes in the civil justice system. In 1995 Lord Woolf stated how a civil justice system should be: • Be fair in the result it delivers • Be fair in the way it treats litigants • Offer appropriate procedures at a reasonable cost • Have cases dealt with at a reasonable speed • Be understandable to those who use it • Provide as much certainty as the nature
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The princely powers of the Duchess of Malfi The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy‚ originally published under this name in 1623‚ is a Jacobean drama written by John Webster in 1612-13. The play starts off as a love story with the Duchess secretly marrying the steward of the household Antonio; a man beneath her class who she has fallen in love with. This marriage immediately shows the Duchess’ “princely powers” by defying the wishes of her brothers‚ Ferdinand and the Cardinal‚ to not marry again
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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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and leads to his repentance. His once clever wordplay is replaced with much more sincere tone. It is the first scene where it is evident that Ferdinand is slipping into madness while still believing that he holds the moral high-ground and shows the Duchess as almost the polar opposite of her twin brother‚ maintaining dignity and calmness in the most extreme of circumstances. Webster allows all the interaction to be between the three main characters to allow the audience to closely analyse each one
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The Duchess of Malfi Characters Close Ad Critical Analysis Reaffirming the Male Ambition in John Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi Throughout Webster’s tragedy the Duchess is defined not through her ideals‚ as noble as they may be‚ but through Webster’s characters’ twisted definitions of the Jacobean patriarchy. Her demise at the conclusion of act four is indeed caused by her marriage to Antonio. However‚ the marriage to Antonio can only be seen as indirectly causing her downfall. The marriage
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Analysis of the third scene (lines 1-47)‚ Act I "The Duchess Of Malfi" is a tragedy divided into five acts‚ each one subdivided in several scenes; the first act‚ which consists of three scenes‚ is really crowded and introduces the main and secondary characters. In particular‚ the third scene is very significant because the premises for the plot’s development are set in it. The Duchess’ brothers‚ Ferdinand and the Cardinal‚ warn her not to remarry probably because they want to preserve their
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In The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster‚ the Duchess is introduced as an independent and young woman who has lost her husband. As a widow‚ the Duchess has complete power over Malfi and her court‚ a power usually held by a man‚ and her all male court is under her command. The reversal of power is made starkly apparent as Webster illustrates the Cardinal and Ferdinand‚ the Duchess’ brothers‚ as being hostile and oppressive and Antonio as being a man struggling to find his own identity and position
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The Duchess of Malfi written by John Webster was first performed around 1613. A dramatic tragedy‚ the play is about a forbidden marriage between the Duchess and Antonio her steward‚ and the wrath of her brothers which leads to many of their deaths. Webster focuses on the role of rank to detail the emotions between relationships in an aristocratic family in a time when class was all important. He uses many distinctive features to convey the substance of the play and its characters‚ and give the actors
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