My last duchess The poem “my last duchess” by Robert browning‚ a 19th century English poet‚ is based on historic events in 15th century Ferrara (contemporary Italy). The speaker‚ is actually Alfonso the 2nd‚ who entertains in his house his future wife’s‚ from Tyrol (current Austria)‚ negotiator (the servant). Alfonso married his late wife‚ Lucrezia from the Medici family‚ when she was only 14 years old. Unlike him‚ whose noble family origins dates back a centuries (“as if she ranked my gift of
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as ‘the cold‚ unseen stranger’! THE LAST LEAF remains one of my favorite short stories written by him. The plot revolves around two artist girls – Sue and Johnsy - who have their own ‘studio’ in quaint old Greenwich Village. Their’s was a relationship fostered on mutual trust and their common tastes in art‚ chicory salad and bishop sleeves! All went hunky dory till Johnsy fell ill with pneumonia one cold November month. The disease seemed to drain out the last streaks of will and womanly taste from
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1997. For further information on his life and career‚ see CLC‚ Volume 7. Beagle is praised for his ability to develop characters‚ his use of incongruous humor‚ and his marriage of traditional fables with modern culture and settings. His novel The Last Unicorn (1968) is consistently cited by critics as a masterpiece in the fantasy genre. Biographical Information Beagle was born April 20‚ 1939‚ in New York City to Simon and Rebecca (Soyer) Beagle‚ both public school teachers. He grew up in a literary
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Samantha Camacho October 7‚ 2008 Major Spanish Project: Column B Ms. Sanchez I have broken up the 10 personalities in 2 groups with 2 posters. One group on one poster is “Musica y Los Bailes.” In that group‚ I put 5 of the 10 personalities I have to choose for my project. The 5 personalities I chose for this group are Reggaeton‚ Bachata‚ Aventura‚ Celia Cruz‚ and Fulanito. I love music so that’s why I wanted to make a separate poster for it. The other group on the other
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Discuss Browning’s ‘My Last Duchess’ as a Dramatic Monologue A Dramatic monologue is a form of poetry where the speaker in the poem gives the readers a deep insight into his thoughts. It is different from a soliloquy since a dramatic monologue always has an implied audience. Dramatic monologue although originated well before the 19th century‚ it was popularized by Victorian poets like Browning‚ Tennyson and Dante Rossetti. Browning has experimented with this form of poetry to such depths that dramatic
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On September 18‚ 2007‚ Dr. Pausch gave his memorable “last lecture” at Carnegie Mellon University. It is a tradition at Carnegie Mellon University that when a professor is retiring‚ they give one last lecture as their final goodbye. The idea of this lecture is to give an hour long speech that covers everything an individual would want to say if you were hypothetically dying. In spite of this‚ in Dr. Pausch’s case‚ he was literally dying with a diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer this being the
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Paper 1 drama Exploration Ruth Ellis The last woman to hang Task 1-The response phase (A01) An off text improvisation in response to a photograph of Ruth Ellis and David Blakely On our first lesson of unit 1 we used a picture of a man and a woman as our stimulus. They were both close together but did not look happy‚ they looked false. we sat down in groups and talked about the picture and said what came to our heads about it;- - false smiles‚ - fake happiness‚ - celebrity couple
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Cunxin forever. By pure luck he was chosen to study ballet and serve in Chairman Mao’s Revolution‚ he didn’t know it at the time but he would grow up to become one of the best dancers of all time. His book ‘Mao’s last dancer’ retells his amazing story of survival‚ courage and the battle one man had to prove for his worth. Li Cunxin’s book is an emotional yet inspiring book about an ordinary boys dream to become a world class dancer. We join Li on his emotional voyage to achieve his life long dream. Situated
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Comparing Symbolism Between the Stories Young Goodman Brown and The Lottery Is common to find stories‚ which the theme is easy and comprehensible to read without any hidden message‚ but some writers using symbols in their stories to clarify the real meaning of their tales keep the reader engaged in the lecture. Young Goodman Brown written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Lottery written by Shirley Jackson is an ideal example‚ where the symbols have an important role in each story and are helpful
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01/16/13 ENGL 205 Sirohi‚ Gayatri Rich Man‚ Poor Man: Resources On Globalization Summary According to Carol Hammond and Robert Grosse‚ Globalization has become the motto of the 21st century. We are becoming more aware people’s ideas‚ world views‚ products‚ ideas‚ and other aspects of cultures. Globalization has opened many opportunities for other countries to explore new and different things. Globalization has increased interconnectedness among many countries most notably in the areas of
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