Poly Klouvas English 1100C September 19‚2014 “Hills like white elephants” & “My last duchess” In the story “Hills like White elephants” by Ernest Hemingway has a lot of common things and differences with the poem “My last duchess” by Robert Browning. Both stories are about loving couples that also have altercations in their relationship. Every relationship has their ups and downs. But everyone is different. The story “Hills like white elephants” opens up with a couple in Spain that are out
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suffer‚ by doing this she will punish both of them. ‘My last duchess‚ the poem is set during the 19th century. The speaker who is the Duke of Ferrara is giving the tour of his prospective second wife a tour of the artworks in his home. He draws a curtain to reveal a painting of a woman‚ explaining that it is a portrait of his late wife; he invites his guest to sit and look at the painting. As they look at the portrait of the Duchess‚ the Duke describes her happy‚ cheerful and flirtatious nature
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Tragic hero Exposition He is a hardworking and considerate father to his sons‚ Chris and Larry and a caring and loving husband to his wife Kate. The audience knows this because early in the play‚ of Act 1‚ he says to Chris‚ "Because what the hell did I work for? That’s only for you Chris‚ the whole shootin’ match for you!" The audience believes this because throughout the play they see no evidence of Joe indulging in any of the human weaknesses‚ which would squander his money He is an easy-going
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Last Duchess” In “The Cask of Amontillado‚” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ two acquaintances‚ Montresor and Fortunato‚ are related through vengeance and murder. Poe practices deception to produce an appealing character before altering his symbolic tactic to a state of suspense. In the poem‚ “My Last Duchess”‚ by Robert Browning‚ the Duke of Ferrara tells the story of his last Duchess to a mysterious listener. The Duke narrates the poem causing us to wonder why the Duchess is now his “last” Duchess. “The
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A common interpretation of The Last Duchess centers on the idea of the objectification and subjugation of women. We can see that the Duke judges the value of a living woman by referring to the Duchess as "painted on the wall... There she stands as if alive.” He attempts to identify his wife with the painting‚ due to the fact that the Duchess is no longer there‚ physically with him‚ the painting is enough for the Duke and also makes her a lot easier to control. He also refers to the painting of his
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entitled Dramatic Lyrics‚ which was a famous work that contained a collection of dramatic monologues. Two of the poems found in this book were “Porphyria’s Lover” and “My Last Duchess”. In “Porphyria’s Lover”‚ Browning introduces a powerful insight into the demented mind of an extremely possessive man‚ while “My Last Duchess” tells a story about the Duke of Ferrara revealing to a guest the murder of his wife and the motives behind it. The two speakers share similar qualities‚ both being extremely
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Alexandra Lopez British Literature Annotated Bibliography April 16‚ 2015 My Last Duchess Thesis: Robert Browning’s “ My last Duchess‚” is not a romantic love story about the sudden death of a Duke’s wife. Instead it’s about an insecure and psychotic Duke who feels entitled to everything including his wife and kills her. Browning explores the mind of a lunatic and presenting his audience how men with power can basically get away with almost anything. he analyses issues of feminism‚ domestic violence
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Discuss how masculinity and femininity is portrayed in Macbeth and a selection of poems The Focal point of this essay is to explore how female power‚ male status and authority and Female sexuality is a way in which women can achieve power is delineated in the three poems. I will also talk about how masculinity was depicted in both ‘Macbeth’ and Robert Browning’s poems how it varied because although there are comparability’s there are many distinctions which you can observe in all three poems‚ expressed
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Study Questions “My Last Duchess” – Robert Browning 1. What is the setting for this poem? This poem takes place in the palace of Alfonso II who is the Duke of Ferrara in Italy. 2. Who is the Duke speaking to? The Duke is entertaining an ambassador type person who has come to arrange the marriage of the duke and a daughter of a very wealthy and powerful family. What are they both looking at? They are looking at a painting of the Duke’s last “duchess” or wife that is hanging up
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References: 4. .dotm – file ending for macro enabled templates By clicking on the Office Button and selecting Save As‚ you have the option to save as a Word Document (2007 version)‚ Word Template‚ Word 97-2003 or select Other Formats‚ see figure 29
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