Murder... mystery... intrigue... All describe Robert Browning’s poem‚ "My Last Duchess." From the speakers’s indirect allusions to the death of his wife the reader might easily think that the speaker committed a vengeful crime out of jealousy. His flowery speech confuses and disguises any possible motives‚ however‚ and the mystery is left unsolved. Based on the poem’s style‚ structure‚ and historical references‚ it becomes evident that even if the speaker did not directly kill his
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Introduction My friends and I decided to go on a one week holiday this summer to a place we didn’t visit before. We were thinking about the romantic Paris or exotic Madrid. We have a budget of £1000 each and we are four of us. We also have to bear in mind that being in a foreign place we need to have some extra cash left just in case‚ and we also want to buy souvenirs for friends and family and maybe treat ourselves. We had to take into account the advantages and disadvantages of both places
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traditions. My family is a great example for this. One of my family’s important traditions is that everyone have to reunite annually on Tet holiday. It is also calles Lunar New Year but I prefer call it Tet holiday. This is the most important celebration for every Vietnamese people. Tet holiday often lasts two weeks‚ from late January to early February. That’s a wonderful opportunity for family members who live far apart to come back to their home. My family is either. When Tet comes‚ my happy small
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The famous "My Last Duchess"‚ the Duke of Earl always messenger introduction portrait of his late wife‚ in his conversation‚ we can understand the attitude of the Duke‚ Browning from the perspective of a third party to explain their feelings‚ so People and authors and readers evocative‚ poet monologue tone so that people imagine in the mind of a virtual audience‚ and let the reader from the characters theatrical monologue reasoning and imagination‚ try to figure out the author’s point of view. This
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spent Spent Currently‚ we teenagers have money from our parents for tasty food we eat‚ for fashion clothes we wear and especially‚ for extremely expensive college education we enjoy. Is there anything wrong with that? Of course not. However‚ imagine that you lose your house; if you are a single parent; if you are one of 14 million unemployed people; if there is only 1000 dollars in your bank account. How can you survive in this contemporary high-pressure life? If you are concerned about above
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How to Manage Time during the Summer Holidays? Summer is around the corner! This is the greatest time in the whole year----we finally get out of school and unload our homework burden! However‚ this is also a time when most of us break the routine we follow during school days. Most of us would stay up late‚ because we are free from alarm clocks and we might naturally become a slug. So how can we not get caught in this situation? This is where good time management can help us out. First‚ we
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was born to the name‚ Eleanora Fagan on April 7‚ 1915. She was born in Philadelphia but grew up in the Fell’s Point section of Baltimore. Her mother‚ was just 13 at the time of her birth; her father‚ was 15. Holidays’ teenage parents‚ Sadie Harris (aka Fagan) and probable father‚ Clarence Holiday‚ never married‚ and they did not live together for a long time. Clarence‚ a banjo and guitar player worked with Fletcher Henderson’s band in the early 30s. He remains a shady figure who left his family. Clarence
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How I spend my leisure time: Free time is a something everybody needs. Free time always people to express themselves in many different ways. Moreover‚ some people can become so busy in life they don’t have time for free time‚ which may seems impossible to some. Furthermore‚ most people set aside a time where they are free to do whatever it is they enjoy doing. I on the other hand‚ love and enjoy free time; I spend my free time doing things that makes me happy. Three ways I spend my free
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family traditions‚ I instantly became nervous because I couldn’t think of one tradition off the top of my head that was special and unique to my family. I sat there and wondered‚ should I tell the truth and reveal the fact that my family doesn’t have any traditions? Should I make one up and fake my way through the entire thing just to get a good grade? Should I take someone else’s family tradition and call it my own? As you can probably tell‚ I was completely stuck. I feel as though my family traditions
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Once a year my girlfriend and I take a journey to New York. Spending time with my uncle‚ who lives there‚ is the main purpose of our trip‚ but there are many benefits of travelling to New York besides just visiting family. People may think there are endless possibilities in New York and it’s true but I always seem to do the exact same thing as if it was planned. When we arrive we unpack and get comfortable at my uncle’s apartment. My uncle has a small yet adorable two-bedroom apartment. My girlfriend
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