A Witty Comparison The two poems‚ “My Last Duchess” and “My Ex-Husband” each have their own unforgettable stories to tell‚ but are they really that different from each other? They each have their differences‚ but the similarities are there too that make them easy to compare to one another. The narrators show their feelings for the one that they initially lost‚ and tell the story of what had happened. When cheating‚ killing and inner secrets come out‚ then you start to see what really happened.
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he had done throughout the years. There was several letters that he had written‚ one regarding his first voyage was to Luis de Santangel that explained what he had found‚ and the way he felt during his voyage. Another was his fourth voyage to Ferdinand and Isabella‚ in which he shows sorrow and regret for his discoveries. In the letters that Christopher Columbus had written his tones were very distinct and different. It is hard to think that it is even the same person wrote the two letters.
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Compare the ways that authors present the speakers in their poems. My Last Duchess‚ by Robert Browning and Poem at Thirty-Nine‚ by Alice Walker. These are poems that revolve around grief and pride. In My Last Duchess the speaker is a very proud duke with years of honour and power to his family name but his duchess shows no respect to anything he has given her. In Poem at Thirty-Nine the speaker is a lady that didn’t show enough respect to her father when he was alive but when she lost him she grieved
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Written in 1842 by Robert Browning‚ "My Last Duchess" is the dramatic monologue of the duke of Ferrara who is negotiating his second marriage through an agent of the count of Tyrol on the grand staircase of the ducal palace at Ferrara in northern Italy. Executing the elements of a dramatic monologue‚ the duke reveals his situation and much more than he intends to the both the agent and the reader. Using iambic pentameter AABB couplets Robert Browning reveals the horrifying story of the murder of
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This can’t be happening thought Bill. Man I’m in so much trouble‚ there’s no way I can get out of it. I’m stuck. Bill had just wrecked his parent’s BMW in an accident‚ and they had no idea that the expensive car was even missing from the garage. And a terrible thing had happened as a result of the crash. A young woman lay dead in the passenger side of the vehicle‚ swarmed by medics. Bill had escaped injury‚ but as his body was still at the crash site‚ his mind wasn’t. He was in total shock at what
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Miranda refers to Prospero as “sir” and Prospero to Miranda as “dear lady”. It seems that they both have a lot of respect for each other which is something that is rare in Shakespearian times. When Prospero does not want Ferdinand to court Miranda‚ he says it is because Ferdinand is a traitor. Unlike Egeus‚ Prospero has an actual reason for not wanting a certain man for his daughter. Prospero is looking out for his daughter‚ he tells her she deserves someone better. I am interested in the relationship
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main characters are Smitty and Duchess. They both meet each other at the YMCA dance and introduce each other from there. Smitty and Duchess will not end up together at the end because they both are living their lives on lies. By way of example‚ Duchess asks Smitty with an attitude: “Ain’t you going to drive me home‚ Smitty” (Armer‚ Grauman 1)? Smitty responds politely : “No‚ I got to catch the 12:30 cross-town” (2).Considering this Smitty never offered to give Duchess a ride home so clearly does not
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king. Eventually‚ I was declared Queen of Castile after a long journey including arranged marriages by my brother‚ war with Portugal and a peace treaty. After countless attempts on both parts to find one another‚ I married my husband Ferdinand at the age of 18. Ferdinand was the king of Aragon and I was the queen of Castile. Together‚ we decided to equally rule the two kingdoms as one. My husband and I are devout Catholics and we agreed to get the rest of Spain to believe as well. Through our leadership
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CHATSWORTH HOUSE – ADVENTURE PLAYGROUND DECISION Chatsworth House‚ the home of the 12th Duke and Duchess of Devonshire‚ is one of the finest and most palatial houses in the UK‚ set in over 1000 acres of parkland in the Peak England. The original house was built over 400 years ago and rebuilt starting in the seventeenth century. The house is vast‚ with 175 room lit by over 2000 lights bulbs‚ and with a roof that covers 1.3 acres. Chatsworth’s many rooms are full of treasure including famous
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Henry VI‚ who was also known as the Red King. His ineffectual ruling sparked a rebellion for those in line for the throne. His queen‚ Margaret of Anjou tried to save her throne but quarreled with those in her court‚ such as the Duchess of York. The animosity between the Duchess and Queen Margaret created a barrier between the two Houses for the throne. The two houses were identified by their crests: a red rose for the House of Lancaster‚ and a white rose for the House of York. The painting of the roses
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