english essay my last duchess
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 drinking beers. The couple starts arguing after the lady says that the hills in the distance remind her of “white elephants.” Then it leads into the man convincing Jig (the woman) to have an abortion. On her part it’s very tough to make such a quick decision in a matter of time. Abortion is a touchy subject for any person. You can’t just choose quickly the life or death of a baby. You need time to think about it. The man is so distracted over this pregnancy that it’s interrupting their relationship. He had no way around it but tell her how he really felt about it. Jig wants to do whatever makes him happy. And the only thing making him happy as of right now is if she has that abortion. She then agrees to have the abortion only because she doesn’t care about herself. Which is so harsh on her because who wants that burden of killing her child just to make your man happy in the end. The man in the end says he will marry her but he prefers if she had the abortion first. But then says after that he doesn’t want her to have the abortion if she doesn’t want it. As they were about to leave they ended it on good terms telling each other they were fine.
In the poem “My last duchess” the Duke of Ferrara is showing a portrait to his servant of his former wife. The poem doesn’t say much about her but Duke described her. She was a very happy outgoing woman that smiled at almost everything. She was very happy with the Duke and one day he decided to ask her hand in marriage. The Duchess’s
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 drinking beers. The couple starts arguing after the lady says that the hills in the distance remind her of “white elephants.” Then it leads into the man convincing Jig (the woman) to have an abortion. On her part it’s very tough to make such a quick decision in a matter of time. Abortion is a touchy subject for any person. You can’t just choose quickly the life or death of a baby. You need time to think about it. The man is so distracted over this pregnancy that it’s interrupting their relationship. He had no way around it but tell her how he really felt about it. Jig wants to do whatever makes him happy. And the only thing making him happy as of right now is if she has that abortion. She then agrees to have the abortion only because she doesn’t care about herself. Which is so harsh on her because who wants that burden of killing her child just to make your man happy in the end. The man in the end says he will marry her but he prefers if she had the abortion first. But then says after that he doesn’t want her to have the abortion if she doesn’t want it. As they were about to leave they ended it on good terms telling each other they were fine.
In the poem “My last duchess” the Duke of Ferrara is showing a portrait to his servant of his former wife. The poem doesn’t say much about her but Duke described her. She was a very happy outgoing woman that smiled at almost everything. She was very happy with the Duke and one day he decided to ask her hand in marriage. The Duchess’s