My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover Robert Browning wrote the two poems‚ Porphyria’s Lover and My Last Duchess. In each poem‚ the speakers seem mentally disturbed. Also‚ both speakers had relationships with "strong" women who‚ despite apparently loving them‚ they each ended up killing. Strangely enough‚ both men seem to be much happier after they have committed these murders. The murders in these poems deal with power based on gender. The females have the power and the men do not. The men feel
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Bollywood themed play Christian writes about the maharaja and the poor sitar player metaphorically symbolises the love triangle between Satine‚ and Duke and Christian. This is exposed when Nini‚ a jealous dancer slyly declares to the duke‚ “Why would the courtesan go for the penniless writer? Whoops! I mean Sitar player”‚ while rehearsing‚ furthermore rising the dukes jealousy. This reveals another added obstacle to withstand‚ representing that even though you may have to sustain a rough patch‚ it will all
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AS YOU LIKE IT As You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the First Folio‚ 1623. The play’s first performance is uncertain‚ though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility. As You Like It follows its heroine Rosalind as she flees persecution in her uncle’s court‚ accompanied by her cousin Celia and Touchstone the court jester‚ to find safety and eventually love in the Forest
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The Tsar was not in serious Jeopardy in 1905 Throughout his time as Tsar‚ Nicholas II was faced with constant threats due to terrorist groups such as the peoples will. Many of these groups were oppressed by ‘The reaction’ that began under the reign of Alexander III‚ however not all opposition was destroyed. This meant that Nicholas was in constant Jeopardy. This essay will discuss whether or not Tsar Nicholas II was truly in serious Jeopardy during the events of 1905. The Russian revolution which
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English * James‚ Duke of York * General-at-Sea George Monck‚ Duke of Albemarle * Prince Rupert of the Rhine * Rear-Admiral Thomas Teddiman Dutch * Lieutenant-Admiral Michiel de Ruyter * Lieutenant-Admiral Cornelis Tromp * Lieutenant-Admiral Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam * Cornelis de Witt Second Anglo-Dutch War - Causes: The Second Anglo-Dutch War began due to England’s desire to end the Dutch domination of world trade. Urged on by his brother‚ James‚ Duke of York‚ King Charles
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the Holy Land. The founding of the hospital was funded by rich German brothers and knights‚ which was led by Duke Frederick Hohenstaufen‚ son of Frederick Barbarossa‚ Emperor of Germany. After the Jerusalem conquest of Saladin‚ this establishment was soon broken up due to the foul control of the retched Heathens. During the Third Crusade‚ German pilgrims from Bremen and Lübec and the Duke of Holstein established a temporary hospital under the besieged walls of Acre. The port city of Acre was under
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Galileo Galilei‚ often referred to as the ‘father of experimental physics’ (18)‚ was of many roles a mathematician‚ philosopher and astronomer. He began his studies at the University of Pisa in 1581‚ attending until 1585 but earning no degree. After proving his talent in mathematics with written papers‚ proofs and the occasional public lecture‚ Galileo secured a teaching profession at the University of Pisa in 1589 and so began his career-long experimental science journey. At the time‚ the Aristotelian
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Richard Neville‚ 16th Earl of Warwick who was also known as the "Kingmaker" and Lady Anne of Beauchamp‚ 16th countess of Warwick. Anne’s family was the most wealthy and powerful family in the kingdom. Anne’s father‚ Richard Neville was a nephew of the Duke of York’s wife‚ Cecily Neville. Richard became very wealthy when he married Anne Beauchamp who was the Beauchamp heiress.
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Setting aside their differences in the past‚ the men unite in finding out that they shared a common resentment for the rich who hypocritically undermine the poor. The Duke brothers symbolize a society of privileged social class and the unequal distribution of wealth earned via capitalism‚ and on the basis of birthright rather than nurtured skill. Together with Ophelia‚ they bankrupt the brothers and thus debunk the maxim
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Louis XIV of France Louis XIV‚ France’s Sun King‚ had the longest reign in European history (1643-1715). During this time he brought absolute monarchy to its height‚ established a glittering court at Versailles‚ and fought most of the other European countries in four wars. The early part of his reign (1643-61)‚ while Louis was young‚ was dominated by the chief minister Cardinal Mazarin. In the middle period (1661-85) Louis reigned personally and innovatively‚ but the last years of his personal
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