Setting and Background The setting of "My Last Duchess‚" a highly acclaimed 1842 poem by Robert Browning‚ is the palace of the Duke of Ferrara on a day in October 1564. Ferrara is in northern Italy‚ between Bologna and Padua‚ on a branch of the Po River. The city was the seat of an important principality ruled by the House of Este from 1208 to 1598. The Este family constructed an imposing castle in Ferrara beginning in 1385 and‚ over the years‚ made Ferrara an important center of arts and learning
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How can Electric Castle Festival target international market in terms of marketing and event experience? Introduction The Electric Castle Festival is the biggest music festival in Romania so far(http://www.electriccastle.ro/en/dailylineup). It takes place in the North-Western part of the country‚ on the outskirts of Cluj city (in Bontida commune)where the ruins of the Banffy Castle are situated. Cluj is considered a metropole‚ the third biggest city in Romania with a population of 500‚000(out of
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A REPORT ON THE POSTION OF CASTLE NURSING HOME PLC Executive Summary: This report is commissioned to examine the current position of Castle Nursing Home PLC‚ since it is evident that the top-line and bottom-line have been adversely affected. The report draws attention to the existing status of Castle Nursing Home. The strategy to grow and re-organize has resulted in the need to streamline its operations‚ so as to retain its focus‚ quality of services and reputation among the public. Further investigation
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The Glass Castle‚ written by Jeannette Walls‚ is a wonderful book full of many different stories that made her childhood unique. This book is a memoir of the interesting and talented Jeannette Walls. The second chapter of the book begins with her‚ as a three year old‚ burning herself severely when making hotdogs for herself. I think that chapter just sets the tone of the story. Her crazy life was not so perfect even when she forced herself to believe it could be worse. How can it be worse when you
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Castle Rock as a Symbol Throughout literature‚ many people‚ places‚ or things‚ have a deeper meaning then literal. They are symbols for something much more important. In Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding did an excellent job of creating a microcosm of the world in the island. The island stands for a world with no rules and lack of authority. In this world‚ there are good people‚ such as Jack‚ Piggy‚ and Simon‚ and then there are corrupted people such as Jack and his choir. The good people have their
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Jeannette Walls’ lIfe seemed to be such an oddIty that she decIded to wrIte an autobIography entItled The Glass Castle. Her life’s story was a best sellIng novel for some tIme and Is now crItIcally acclaImed. Her struggles throughout her chIldhood and adolescence are now world famous and studIed by Liberty-Benton EnglIsh 12 students. The early lIfe Issues of the Walls chIldren mostly came from theIr strange parents and theIr tendency to gamble and throw all of theIr money away. They were often hard
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For this assignment I have chosen the characters Castle and Beckett from the T.V. series Castle a Police procedural Comedy/Drama. The characters backgrounds are Kate Beckett (played by Stana Katic) is a Homicide Detective for the NYPD and Richard Castle (played by Nathan Fillion) is a bestselling mystery novelist. We also have Jim and Huck from the Novel‚ “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”. In this story Jim is a runaway slave and Huck is a young boy looking for his father. Jim and Huck find each
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similarities in the architecture of places that had not established any former contacts. One of such cases of similarity is between the castles in Europe and in Japan. Most of the castles whose vestiges remain to this day were the result of a long military evolution. In the case of Europe‚ wars and crusades throughout the 11th and 12th century led to rapid construction of castles
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The Catcher in the Rye: The Significance of the Nuns and James Castle By Alie Yu The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger is a novel narrating the story of Holden Caulfield‚ a troubled teenager who is searching for an escape from the flaws of society. After leaving his boarding school and traveling aimlessly for days‚ he decides to visit his little sister‚ Phoebe. Upon his arrival‚ Phoebe realizes that he has been kicked out of school and begins to hound him with questions. When Phoebe asks him
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Cambria Rightful Inheritance of Otranto The Castle of Otranto written by Horace Walpole is considered to be the first gothic novel. Horace Walpole is said to have written the novel after he had a nightmarish dream‚ which might explain the darkness of the novel. In this novel through the use of the supernatural‚ the setting of a castle‚ and women threatened by a tyrannical male‚ Walpole reflects the thought of a hero’s identity being revealed thus expressing the idea of rightful inheritance‚ or
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