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Charles V World Biography
1,126 wordsNo one knows exactly when the Italian artist, Tiziano Vecellio, was born. Over the centuries, there has been a great deal of confusion concerning the date, due to a misprint in his biography by sixteenth century art historian, Giorgio Vasari. Vasari recorded the date as 1480, but the progress of Tiziano Vecellio's work, as well as other documented sources, announce his date of birth to be sometime between 1488 and 1490. (Magill 2310) The place of his birth was Piece de Care, in the Alps north of...
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Falls In Love Entered The Service
1,208 wordsItalian poet, remembered primarily for his ORLANDO FURIOSO, published in its final version in 1532. Ariosto's work was the most celebrated narrative poem of the Italian high Renaissance, and the first example of modern poetry to provoke widespread critical controversy. Ariosto was born in Reggio Emilia, as the son of Count Niccol Ariosto. At the age of then his family moved to Ferrara, where he studied law from 1489 to 1494. There he also started to study Latin and Greek language and literature....
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Duke Of Ferrara Dramatic Monologue
705 wordsIn My Last Duchess by Robert Browning, the reader is introduced to the dramatic monologue. A dramatic monologue is a speech in the speaker unknowingly reveals his personality. In this poem, the audience listens to a monologue of the Duke of Ferrara (who is soon getting married) in which he sees the portrait of his deceased Duchess and brings up her faults to an unknown envoy only know as sir! (l. 54). Through the Dukes ramblings, it is learned that he is a self-centered, materialistic, proud and...
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Duke Of Ferrara Fra Pandolf
812 wordsRobert Brownings My Last Duchess begins appropriately with a literary deception. The title suggests that the poem is about the Duke of Ferrara's former wife. However, after second and later readings, it becomes apparent that the subtitle Ferrara truly depicts what the poem is really about, for we learn more about the Duke of Ferrara than we learn about the Duchess. As the Duke talks about the Duchess, he really reveals his own controlling characteristics. This irony is significant, because it se...
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Duke Of Ferrara Dramatic Monologue
1,963 wordsRobert Browning utilized the format of the dramatic monologue, the creation of expectation and surprise, and extensive use of figurative language to support the theme of possessive love in his works "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover." The dramatic personae in these works provide surprising accounts of their tormented and often jealous love and the results of their actions determine the startling revelations within each monologue. Their possessive love not only drives them to violent acts,...
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Octave Johnston 1989 Based On Pythagorean Music
1,360 words"Music is the harmonization of opposites, the unification of disparate things, and the conciliation of warring elements... Music is the basis of agreement among things in nature and of the best government in the universe. As a rule it assumes the guise of harmony in the universe, of lawful government in a state, and of a sensible way of life in the home. It brings together and unites. " The Pythagorean's Every school student will recognize his name as the originator of that theorem which offers ...
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Octave Johnston 1989 Based On Pythagorean Musical
1,354 wordsMusic is the harmonization of opposites, the unification of disparate things, and the conciliation of warring elements Music is the basis of agreement among things in nature and of the best government in the universe. As a rule it assumes the guise of harmony in the universe, of lawful government in a state, and of a sensible way of life in the home. It brings together and unites. The Pythagorean's. Every school student will recognize his name as the originator of that theorem which offers many ...
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Duke Of Ferrara Daughter
690 wordsDuke Of Ferrara: Characterization And Depiction (My Last Duke Of Ferrara: Characterization And Depiction (My Last Duchess) Sarah Conrad English 2413 14 February 2000 The Duke of Ferrara: Characterization and Depiction The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word officious during the 19 th century as eager to please; attentive, obliging. In the dramatic monologue, My Last Duchess by Robert Browning, this word describes a servant that is volunteering his service unnecessarily to the Duke of Ferr...
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Put Into Hiding Duke Of Ferrara Traits
282 wordsWho is the Duke of Ferrara? It is more difficult for some to mask their personality traits than others. Even though the Duke of Ferrara, in My Last Duchess, a poem by Robert Browning, attempted to conceal his traits he could still be seen through. In the midst of a party, the duke steps aside for the negotiation of an alliance. The more the duke aims to cover his traits the more apparent they became. The duke did not intend for his arrogance to be shown as much as it was. The poem had an arrogan...
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Put Into Hiding Duke Of Ferrara Traits
288 words? Who is the Duke of Ferrara? ? It is more difficult for some to mask their personality traits than others. Even though the Duke of Ferrara, in? My Last Duchess, ? a poem by Robert Browning, attempted to conceal his traits he could still be seen through. In the midst of a party, the duke steps aside for the negotiation of an alliance. The more the duke aims to cover his traits the more apparent they became. The duke did not intend for his arrogance to be shown as much as it was. The poem had an ...
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Duke Of Ferrara Fra Pandolf
499 wordsA dramatic monologue is defined as a poem in which a single character is speaking to a person or persons- usually about an important topic. The purpose of most dramatic monologues is to provide the reader with an overall or intimate view of the character? s personality. A great poet can use punctuation and rhythm to make the poem appear as if it were an actual conversation. Robert Browning, known as the father of the dramatic monologue, does this in his poem, ? My Last Duchess. ? The Duke of Fer...
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Lady Of Shalott Center Of The Universe
1,461 wordsJames Dickeys On the Hill Below the Lighthouse best reminds me of the Lord Alfred Tennyson. Upon first reading Dickeys poem, a deep yearning and sentimental emotion is achieved. There is a great sense of not regret but of something that the narrator longs for. This can be seen in the last stanza of the poem. Now that I can be sure of my sleep; The moon is held strongly within it. A woman comes true when I think her. Shade swings, and she lies against me. Let us lie in the returning light; Let us...
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Concept Of Love Porphyrias Lover
1,250 wordsMy Last Duchess and Porphyrias Lover. Robert Browning wrote the two poems, My Last Duchess and Porphyrias Lover. Both poems convey an thoughtful, examination profound commentary about the concept of love. communicates two interpretations concerning Both poems describe the behavior of people who are in loving, romantic relationships. There are several aspects common in both poems. Using the literary technique of dramatic dialogue, the author reveals the plot and central idea of each poem. Robert ...
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Duke Of Ferrara Nine Hundred
492 wordsIn Robert Brown s monologue My Last Duchess, the Duke of Ferrara is displaying the portrait of his late duchess to a servant. From the first two lines of the poem, we are given information that the duchess has passed away, Looking as if she were alive, therefor the poem is based on flashback. As the duke shows the portrait to the servant, he also describes how the duchess behaved when she was alive. From his description, the readers get a strong feeling that the duke is very unsatisfied with his...
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Duke Of Ferrara Dramatic Monologue
735 wordsSusan Ferrell July 29, 1998 Portrait of a Murderer An Analysis of the Duke in Robert Browning s, My Last Duchess Robert Browning s poem, My Last Duchess is probably his most famous dramatic monologue and is an excellent example of this form of poetry (Landow). Dramatic monologue is a one-sided literary composition in which the speaker gradually reveals his character (Browning). The speaker in this poem is the duke of Ferrara, who is addressing a second character, an agent of a count whose daught...
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Octave Quot Johnston Quot Ferrara 1991 Musical
1,385 wordsPythagorean Philosophy And Its Influence On Musical Pythagorean Philosophy And Its Influence On Musical Fundamentals of Musical Acoustics. New York: Dover Publications Ferrara, Lawrence (1991). Philosophy and the Analysis of Music. New York: Greenwood Press. Johnston, Ian (1989). Measured Tones. New York: IOP Publishing. Rowell, Lewis (1983). Thinking About Music. Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press. " Music is the harmonization of opposites, the unification of disparate things, ...
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