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    Porphyria's Lover

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    “Porphyria’s Lover” to express the hidden depths of the speaker’s mind while still leaving

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    the duchess and the jewler

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    Like Virginia Woolf’s critically acclaimed Mrs. Dalloway‚ her short story The Duchess and the Jeweller is a study about how everyone and everything is connected; the poor to the rich‚ the past to the present‚ the body to the soul‚ man to animal. She does not simply explain that these things are true‚ she shows it through the actions‚ dialogue and very existence of the characters‚ so that the reader will never be presented with irrefutable evidence of her relative theory. In the first paragraph

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    Porphyria's Lover Analysis

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    Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning - An Analysis The finest woks of Browning endeavor to explain the mechanics of human psychology. The motions of love‚ hate‚ passion‚ instinct‚ violence‚ desire‚ poverty‚ violence‚ and sex and sensuousness are raised from the dead in his poetry with a striking virility and some are even introduced with a remarkable brilliance. Thanks to the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution‚ so many people living in such close quarters‚ poverty‚ violence‚ and sex

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    Techniques Her short fiction did not afford Woolf the large field for experiment and innovation that her novels did‚ but she usually took at least one important element of the singular style she was developing as a controlling facet. In "The Duchess and the Jeweller‚" it is her concentration on the nuances of the main character that is the predominant feature. As James Wood points out‚ one of her aims was "to unwrap consciousness." "Character to the Edwardians‚" he continues‚ "was everything

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    In​ ​Robert​ ​Browning’s​ ​My​ ​Last​ ​Duchess​ ​and​ ​Porphyria’s​ ​lover‚​ ​as​ ​well​ ​as​ ​Elizabeth​ ​Bowen’s​ ​Demon lover‚​ ​the​ ​protagonists​ ​embark​ ​upon​ ​the​ ​hero’s​ ​quest​ ​in​ ​order​ ​to resolve their internal conflict towards being the cause or victim of obsessive and overwhelming emotions. The first stage is the call to adventure where the hero‚ in their everyday normal life‚ receives a calling‚ either metaphorical or literal‚ where he or she has to answer to conflict. ​In​

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    Duchess of Malfi

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    The Duchess of Malfi written by John Webster was first performed around 1613. A dramatic tragedy‚ the play is about a forbidden marriage between the Duchess and Antonio her steward‚ and the wrath of her brothers which leads to many of their deaths. Webster focuses on the role of rank to detail the emotions between relationships in an aristocratic family in a time when class was all important. He uses many distinctive features to convey the substance of the play and its characters‚ and give the actors

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    once made nPB had long warned that the chemical can cause neurological damage when inhaled at low doses for long periods. So how could it happen that Royale Comfort’s workers‚ whose plight was described in painful detail by Ian Urbina in The Times last Sunday‚ were exposed to it? There is plenty of blame to go around — a company trying to save a buck‚ timid regulators and weak laws. The main responsibility lies with the employer‚ which repeatedly invoked the specter of competition from Chinese manufacturers

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    I. Introduction: + Born into and brought up in a noble family‚ Virginia Woolf has a deep knowledge about her aristocratic society. Therefore‚ almost all her works revolve around this. + One of example is “The Duchess and The Jeweler” + Buying ten pearls from the duchess while knowing they are counterfeits is a big mistake?? II. Body: + From the point point of view of a business man + As an ordinary person and a man in love with the girl III. Conclusion: + Wrap up

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    How far was the use of terror the most important development in German History 1929-45? The use of terror during the period 1929-45 was an important development in German history due to the speed in which the level of terror escalated once Hitler came to power in 1933. However‚ Anti-Semitism‚ Nationalism and Hitler’s ideologies were also achieved through Propaganda. Resistance against this terror were significant developments during this time as well. It would be fair to argue that terror was a

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    “The Duchess and the Jeweller”‚ a story by Virginia Wolf‚ tells the tale of Oliver Bacon a man who grew up very poor but ended up a master jeweler with very rich and titled customers. Although his outward appearance is one of high breeding and richness it hides his insecurity and his longing for something else. Oliver is a tortured soul who cannot enjoy the fruits of his labor and his dissatisfaction with his life causes him to treat those around him with disdain and rudeness. Oliver is a tall

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