In Robert Browning’s poem--“My Last Duchess”--the speaker (presumably the Duke) is giving a servant of his prospective wife’s family a tour of his home. He draws a back a curtain to reveal a concealed painting of a woman by Frà Pandolf‚ explaining that it is a portrait of his late wife. The Duke invites his guest to sit and look at the painting‚ and as they look at the portrait of the late Duchess the Duke describes her. Throughout the whole explanation of his late wife’s actions‚ one may get the
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Last Man argument You are required to contribute to a discussion by contributing two postings. At least one of your posts should be a reply to a previous comment made by one of your fellow classmates. A simple ‘I agree” is not enough—you must explain your reasons for agreeing or disagreeing with the posting you have chosen to reply to. (This means at least one paragraph for each answer to the questions below) In your posting‚ you must answer the following questions: 1. Based on the ‘Last Man
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In an unnamed town‚ high school senior Julie James receives a sinister note from an elusive stalker telling her‚ "I Know What You Did Last Summer"‚ referring to the previous year when Julie‚ her boyfriend Ray Bronson‚ Ray’s best friend‚ Barry Cox‚ and Barry’s girlfriend‚ Helen Rivers‚ accidentally killed a young boy named David Gregg after driving home from a party in the mountains to celebrate Ray and Barry’s high school graduation. The four made a vow to never mention it to anyone‚ and drifted
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Bus HomeThe Last Bus Home Rain was always a sign of tragedy‚ something bad didn’t happen every time it rained‚ no‚ but everything bad that happened to me in my life had happened on a day when it was pouring. Alight sprinkle never phased me‚ it was also raining that day. As I woke up in my warm & cosy queen sized bed‚ I remember feeling a cold shiver going up my back through my pink silky pyjamas. It was a typical December morning‚ it wasn’t snowing yet but it was cold and foggy. As I got ready
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Text: Mao’s Last Dancer I chose the autographical novel ‘Mao’s Last Dancer’‚ composed by Li Cunxin‚ as it has several themes that convey the idea of a journey. It is physical in the way Li Cunxin had to work hard to be a professional ballet dancer and it is also mental as it is a road to self-discovery. The autobiography is also extremely inspirational and inscribed in first person‚ therefore this allows the reader to see the personal journey of Li. I believe this text also relates to Shakespeare’s
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The Last Town on Earth The Last Town on Earth in it of itself is an interesting read because unlike most historical fictions‚ the author does not drag the story with too many details‚ but captivates its reader with re occurring themes such as the irrational behaviors during a crisis‚ the American reluctance to enter World War I‚ the attitude towards war – which keeps the plot from fading away. Thomas Mullen brings the setting of his first novel in a mill town called Commonwealth in the
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there was gold found on the land‚ you can bet that people would be there to mine it even if they didn’t own land. That is how the battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana of 1876 started‚ then was later made into painting called “Custer’s last stand.” Custer’s last stand was painted in 1943 by Thomas Hart Benton‚ is now in the Albrecht-Kemper museum in St. Joseph Missouri. It is a large painting that is at eye level to the viewers in the museum. The oil painting really describes what is happening in
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The Last Judgment of Hunefer In the Egyptian time period‚ art was used as a method of telling stories about previous rulers and providing religious information and guidelines to the citizens. The Last Judgment of Hunefer is a painting that had quite a large impact on the Egyptian people and their thoughts and actions in society‚ as well as a piece of art that when looked at‚ creates a lot of interest in discovering the meaning behind it. The large amount of curiosity in the eyes of the observer
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This article explains how portion sizes grew over the past centuries through different versions of paintings of The Last Supper. On March 23‚ 2010‚ an article by Melissa Healy was released that explained portion control over the years. She researched and realized that in different depictions of The Last Supper the amount of food grew. She gathered most of her research from two brothers. They found fifty-two different paintings of the meal. They figured out about how much food they ate by the
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Air Force‚ every mission was extremely dangerous and many planes crashed into enemy territory. In the story The Last Mission by Henry Mazer‚ the author writes a fictional depiction of the Air Force in World War II that accurately represents real events that occurred. The reader is shown how dangerous missions were and how many underage men enrolled into the war. While the story The Last Mission by Harry Mazer is a fiction book‚ it is an accurate portrayal of events that occurred in World War 2. In
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