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    Love poetry Coursework Assignment The two poems that I have chosen are ‘Porphyria’s lover‚’ a twisted story about a possessive lover who wants this moment of love to never end and ‘My Last Duchess’ where a Duke tells about his wife who he had killed whilst showing a painting of her to a guest. I chose these poems because they were the ones that I found the most interesting and that intrigued me the most. The poems are quite similar but at the same time have some differences. One way in which

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    Unit / Module | Building Services Engineering Technology | Assessment | Only Assignment on Building Services Engineering Technology | Lecturer | Dr. Manjula Nanayakkara | Student Name | | ID | QS/K/ | Date Handed Over | 2012-11-18 | Date Due | 2012-12-16 | Initial Submission Date | | Re-Submission Date | | Student to Tick if Attempted | Grading Opportunity | Criteria Met? | Assessor Feedback | | | Initially | On Resubmission | | | P1.1 | | | | | P1.2 | | | | | P1

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    used sex‚ violence and moral hypocrisy as themes in many of his poems. Browning‚ like Charles Dickens‚ filled his literary works with people from all levels of society and he also included characters that were immoral and evil. According to The Literature Network‚ “Robert Browning’s dramatic monologues covered a wide array of subjects‚ from lucid dreams to the nature of art and even the meaning of existence.” His poems “Porphyria’s Lover” and “My Last Duchess‚” are similar in that they both include

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    Duchess de Alba

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    Duchess de Alba (Maria del Pilar Teresa Cayetana de Silva Alvarez de Toledo (1762-1802): -fashioned herself after the fiery maja-serves as a flirtatious role-play emblematic of aristocrats during the enlightenment‚ epitome of spanishness -proactively challenged conventional feminine roles/conduct‚ elevating national dress to the level of high couture to assert her individualism -Jean-Marc Nattier’s Madame AdelaYde-de-france as Diana + Goya’s Duchess of Alba as a Maja feature aristocrates in role-playing

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    Though beauty is subjective to every individual’s opinions‚ common themes can be found across different works of art. Songs such as “If Today Was Your Last Day” and poems similar to “Oh‚ The Places You’ll Go” present the idea of the future. While the future is uncertain the emotions portrayed in these works make the concept seem less frightening. “If Today Was Your Last Day” is a song clearly about living life in the moment‚ because of the uncertainty in life. With lines such as “leave no stone

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    Explore the ways in which Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth and Browning presents the speakers in Porphyria’s Lover‚ My Last Duchess and the Laboratory Shakespeare presents Lady Macbeth in such a way that she is shown as a strong and powerful woman. Her ability to manipulate Macbeth to murder Duncan in order to get more power is a key example of this aspect of her character. Browning also presents his speakers in a similar way to Shakespeare through their need to control. The main way that both

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    convey his ideas in “Holy Sonnet: ‘This is my playes last scene’?” This is my playes last scene is one of Donne’s ‘Holy Sonnets’ embodying spiritual pain and struggling faith in Christianity. Numerous biblical allusions and morbid tone that are typical of metaphysical poetry‚ convey Donne’s fear of death and religious scepticism. The opening four lines depict the last moments of the speaker’s life through metaphoric comparisons. The comparison “playes last scene” suggests the speaker is searching

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    English Com 101 13 June 2011 My Plans for the Last Seven Days of My Life I would be devastated to know I only have one week to live on this Earth. I have a lot of goals set up; they have not been accomplished yet. I would feel like I failed in life‚ and this would depress me. On the other hand‚ I would not let the fear of dying in a week’s time deter me from accomplishing one of my dreams‚ and getting some plans in motion. If I only have had one week

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    My Last Softball game By:Ashlynn Telck Have you ever played fast pitch softball? On June 1‚ I had a softball game that I had to go to. My mom drove me to the softball field we had an hour of practice before the game started. After that‚ the game started and i was batting first I was really nervous. Then‚ I went to the home plate and i hit the ball and i ran as fast as I could to first base all I could here was Mom yelling‚“RUN RUN RUN” in the background . I made it to second without getting tagged

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    Writing Assignment - Theme Name:Anuj Motwani Title of book :Out of my mind Author:Sharon M.Draper Directions - What is the theme in your realistic fiction book?  Provide at least two pieces of evidence to support your answer. Remember that the theme is the big message that the author wants to convey to the reader.   The theme in my realistic fiction fiction book Out Of My Mind is that life is tough but that doesn’t mean there  won’t be good things  in your life.The character in my book‚Melody Brook’s

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