"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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The Lion King In the animation film genre‚ to really be considered a “masterpiece”; the film must appeal to both children and adults‚ shouldn’t always be based off typical fairy tales and children’s stories‚ and should “heavily impact its generation of viewers” (Reddy). Where does The Lion King stand as a classic‚ against other old-time favorites such as The Little Mermaid‚ Aladdin‚ Pocahontas‚ and other hits? Well‚ you can take a look at the 22 awards and nominations the movie received and decide
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Aviva Patz‚ author of “Will Your Marriage Last” is a divorced and remarried woman who lives in fear that her second marriage will not last. She decided to attend a seminar in Boston instructed by Ted Huston‚ a professor at the University of Texas who introduces the study of the outcome of marriage. After a thirteen year study‚ Huston claims that in the early years will determine the length of your marriage. Really focusing on the first two years of newly wedded couples‚ it can be predicted the
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The poetic voice in Robert Browning’s ‘My last Duchess’ is Alfonso II D’Este. The speaker is presented as rich Duke who is very full of himself “My nine hundred year old name.” Throughout the poem the speaker is trying convince the Count of Tyrell that he is a worthy person to marry his daughter. This poem is a dramatic monologue because the only speaker in the poem is Alfonso. Browning uses Iambic Pentameter as the metre to create a sense of natural speech; this makes the poem avoid sounding
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“Analyze a theme” In the story “The Last Dog” far in the future a teenager named Brock goes outside of a dome that most people stayed in because they said the outside was dangerous. Brock left the dome to go explore and while he was out he found a dog which was the last dog on earth. He took the dog back to the dome‚ but the scientists said they were going to do experiments on it. He pretended like the dog had rabies and brought it back outside to run free. I liked the story because he followed
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disease can be spread through three main characters in the play‚ Claudius‚ Ophelia‚ and Hamlet. Claudius‚ the present King of Denmark‚ is the contagion of corruption around the kingdom‚ and is the reason that corruption eventually contaminates all of Denmark. He first displays corruption when he kills his own brother solely to take over the throne‚ and marry Gertrude‚ the wife of King Hamlet. Claudius’ secret is told when the ghost of his deceased brother tells Prince Hamlet the truth‚ “But know‚
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Last Chance for Eden This documentary Last Chance for Eden is a about nine men and women discussing the issues of racism and sexism in the workplace and even giving their own experience and own opinions. Throughout this entire documentary each person expresses how they feel or their experience but some admit that cannot do that in public. I notice that even though we are in the 21st century people like to believe there is equality. But when asked to someone of color they openly comment there
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The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimoore Cooper is one of the most acclaimed and best-selling books about the American Frontier to be ever written. It is and was hailed as a masterpiece due to its more human characterizations of the Native American warriors and tribesman for that time period. The Last of the Mohicans is viewed as the first popular book that portrayed Native Americans in a more positive manner rather than as crude savages who were resolutely determined on killing ‘the white man’
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the Sistine Chapel: the Last Judgment. This piece represents the Second Coming of Christ and the eternal judgment by God of all humans. It took Michelangelo five years to paint the Last Judgment‚ from 1536-1541. This piece is arguably the most impressive work of art done by Michelangelo because of its detailed work and because
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How Fate and Oedipus’s own essential nature combine to make him a tragic hero? “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles is a very good play which talks about a guy who was fated to kill his father and married his mother. Aristotle defines “tragic hero as a person of great stature and virtue who becomes aware of a mortal defect within himself.” This defect leads to great tragedy. Oedipus’s own essential nature makes him a tragic hero because his ignorance (lack of knowledge) led him to his own destruction
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