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Willy Chose The Wrong Chose The Wrong Seeds
385 wordsAt Willy's graveside Biff made a statement, the man didnt know who he was. This revives the implication that Willy chose the wrong profession. He remembers that Willy loved to renovate his house. He recalls that Willy was in highest spirits and most gratified when he labored at building something with his own hands. This is emphasized in this quote by Biff: There were a lot of nice days when hed come home form a trip; or on Sundays, making the stoop; finishing the cellar; putting on the new porc...
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Mark Antony Caesars Death
2,476 wordsA Translation of Act 3, Scene 1 in Julius Caesar Caesar. The ides of March have arrived. Soothsayer. Yes, Caesar, but not left. Artemidorus. Hail, Caesar! Read this document. Decius. Trebonius would like you to read over This his humble request when you have time. Artemidorus. O Caesar, read mine first, because mines a request That is more personally important to you. Read it, great Caesar! Caesar. What is important to us personally we will deal with last. Artemidorus. Dont wait, Caesar. Read it...
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Dramatic Monologue Bronze Statue
2,660 wordsOVERVIEW: This is probably Browning most famous dramatic monologue. It is often used as a prime example of the form. In this poem the speaker, the duke of Ferrara, is addressing a second character, an agent of an unnamed count whose daughter the duke plans to marry. The situation is take from the life of an actual sixteenth-century Italian duke, but Browning has imagined the specific incident. The duke is showing the counts agent a portrait of his first wife. She was a beautiful woman, but to th...
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Nine Hundred Hundred Years
783 wordsExplication of: My Last Duchess by: Robert Browning This piece of poetry is about an Italian duke who ordered the murder of his wife and is currently showing her portrait to a servant or envoy of his future father-in-law. The duke shows this painting only to select strangers in order to flaunt his prize, and he enjoys telling them the story of why he ordered her death. This portrait is the embodiment of what he believes his wife should be a trophy whose beauty can be admired only under his compl...
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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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Fra Pandolf Dramatic Monologue
1,183 wordsMy Last Duchess My Last Duchess by Robert Browning is a dramatic monologue about a duke who is showing the portrait of his first wife, the duchess, to a servant of his future father-in-law, the Count. In a dramatic monologue, the speaker addresses a distinct but silent audience. Through his speech, the speaker unintentionally reveals his own personality. As such, in reading this poem, the reader finds the duke to be self-centered, arrogant, controlling, chauvinistic and a very jealous man. The m...
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Cultural Norms Behavior Patterns
1,276 wordsOna is as Much a Love Story as it is a Tale of Ritualized Beliefs and Cultural Behavior Patterns Often stories in a particular culture take into account, and capitalize on symbols of that particular culture for thematic effectiveness. Many indigenous stories thus contain generalized patterns of beliefs that serve as the backdrop which enables readers to relate to the stories and the content thereof. Buchi Emechetas Ona is a powerful love story that centers around ritualized beliefs and cultural ...
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