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    Sexual Affronts and Racial Frontiers‚ European Identities and the Cultural Politics of Exclusion in Colonial Southeast Asia. Ann Laura Stoler & Race and the Education of Desire‚ Fauoult’s History of Sexuality and the Colonial Order of Things. Ann Laura Stoler Introduction We will be presenting two essays by Ann Laura Stoler. The first essay‚ “Race and the Education of Desire”‚ Foucault’s history of sexuality discusses class‚ race and desire in terms of family and state regulations which

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    poems ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ and ‘My Last Duchess’ by Robert Browning. What do they reveal about attitudes to women and relationships in the nineteenth century?</b></center> <br> <br>Robert Browning was one of the greatest poets of the nineteenth century. In 1842‚ he published ‘Dramatic Lyrics’ which included the two poems ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ and ‘My Last Duchess’. In ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ Browning gives the reader a dramatic insight into the twisted mind of an abnormally possessive lover‚ who wishes the

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    Last vs Lover A critical analysis over Last and Lover Robert Browning’s two dramatic monologues‚ My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover share several similarities and differences. He shows two distinct stories that shows the love between two people‚ and the qualities that led to the influence of both deaths. “There is no love without forgiveness‚ and there is no forgiveness without love” (Bryant H. McGill). This quote ties into both stories because the men lack one of the most important parts of

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    My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover. Robert Browning is pre-20th century poet who has written various pieces. We are looking at My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover. Both pieces are very similar in more ways than one. The Lover in the poem Porphyria’s Lover is a lonely‚ depressed man who does not like Porphyria being with her family. In the end‚ this leads him to killing her. In My Last Duchess the Duke is a very selfish and wealthy man‚ he does not like the duchess smiling and being happy

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    How do men treat women in Porphyria’s Lover‚ My Last Duchess‚ Havisham and A Married State? In Porphyria’s Lover we see the views of a man and how he thinks that women are destructive. This is because in the poem the mistress is known a Porphyria‚ which is a type of deadly disease. I think that the poet‚ indirectly calling her Porphyria‚ is one big metaphor describing her to being deadly. Perhaps he thinks she is deadly because he is madly in love with her when maybe he shouldn’t be. Also the poem

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    I will compare and contrast Havisham‚ by Carol Ann Duffy and Porphyria’s Lover‚ by Robert Browning. I will explore and analyse the range of poetic devices used to tell a story of love gone wrong. Havisham is spoken by a fictional character based on Charles Dickens’ Miss Havisham. Duffy depicts Havisham as a woman crippled by love and loneliness after being left at the altar. In contrast Browning’s poem sees Porphyria’s Lover murder Porphyria‚ so she can’t leave and he will no longer be lonely in her

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    different‚ but mean the same thing. An example of this is a word called a synonym. There are also many things that sound the same‚ but means something different. By definition this is a word called a homonym. In the poems My Last Duchess and Porphyria’s Lover both by Robert Browning are very different yet very alike all at the same time. One example of these poems being very similar is that they are both about a jealous guy. Both of these guys got very upset that their lady’s attention wasn’t on them

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    Today‚ I’ve been looking for a quote on dogs to describe how I feel about my dogs. I found this quote on dogs from Jack Canfield’s Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover’s Soul book. I know that any loving dog owner will resonate with this quote in a big way because it is absolutely true. quote on dogs When I met my husband‚ he had two dogs and I had one. His were older and have since passed‚ but they loved us‚ healed us‚ taught us‚ and made us laugh until they died‚ and they took a piece of hearts with

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    Knowledge Is Power The power of language is an extraordinary thing. One person with the knowledge of language can teach you‚ persuade you‚ motivate you‚ or even move you to the point that you have a whole different perspective of your everyday surroundings. Preachers can bring people closer to god with the gift of speech; dictators can muster and persuade a whole nation into world domination with the gift of language and speech; and poets can comfort the weary at heart with language and

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    Buffet goers can eat all they want during buffets. How do they make the decision to stop eating during buffets? Explain using the concept of cost-benefit analysis. There are a numbers of factors that will make buffet goers put down their forks during the attractive “all-you-can-eat” meals. Buffet goers make the decision to stop eating during buffets when they met situations which are more important than to continue eating. One of the very basic factor that make buffet goers stop eating

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