Vagina Monologues: Extra Credit The main topics in the Vagina Monologues revolved around how lots of women are not appreciated and personally don’t embrace their womanhood as much as they should. Each actor recited their own story that conveyed a strong message to the audience because just listening to their words made me visualize every detail in their monologue. As women we were given vaginas for a reason and its time that we acknowledge and take pride in our bodies. I learned by attending the
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days in our small world. I knew i had to carry on as she passed though and so had lived with the corrupted society‚ without much guidance by my side. A true feminine influence in the household would be what my children need. Don’t get me wrong‚ Calpurnia helped bringing them up a fair bit‚ but it’s not the same. Let’s just hope that they can understand quickly of Maycomb’s widespread disease and not fall deep into
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"My Last Duchess" is a splendid poem achieve within the format of the dramatic monologue‚ a poetic form in which there is only one speaker. Because there is only one speaker‚ we the reader must wonder carefully what the Duke is telling us‚ and we often have to read between the lines in order to keep an objective perspective on the what is happening in the poem. This paper will discuss how the use of the dramatic monologue makes the subject (the Duke) tell a story while‚ at the same time‚ unintentionally
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‘Porphyria’s Lover’ by Robert Browning As A Dramatic Monologue: Dramatic Monologue: The Dramatic Monologue was a popular form of poetry in Robert Browning’s time. It is a form of writing in which the speaker in the poem is a dramatized imaginary character. The monologue is cast in the form of a speech addressed to a silent listener. Its aim is character study or psycho-analysi. In a dramatic monologue‚ the person who speaks is made to reveal himself and the motives that impelled him at some crisis
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Robert Browning was an English poet whose mastery of dramatic verse‚ especially dramatic monologues‚ made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. “My Last Duchess” is one of his best known dramatic monologues in which the speaker reveals his character to a silent listener. This poem is loosely based on historical events involving Alfonso‚ the Duke of Ferrara‚ who lived in the 16th century. The Duke is the speaker of the poem. He tells us he is entertaining a representative who has come to settle
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Finches’ black cook. Calpurnia is a stern disciplinarian and the children’s bridge between the white world and her own black community. She also teaches (through her actions and Atticus’ respect) the Finch children that skin color does not matter. Scout witness the difference between black and white in Chapter 16 when Atticus and Aunt Alexandra disagree about speaking openly in front of the "colored" help.Calpurnia teaches Scout many of the same lessons. Since Atticus sees Calpurnia as a member of the
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How Harper Lee present the character of Calpurnia? Harper Lee does presents the character of Calpurnia by presenting her as a fair‚ motherly figure to Scout and Jem. Calpurnia has the job of the house maid for Atticus and is a guide through childhood to the children. Calpurnia arrived with Atticus from Finches landing‚ where she had grown up with Atticus. Calpurnia is Atticus’ equal; a considerate and measured woman. Calpurnia is presented as one of the few coloured people to be educated because
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Question : What is a dramatic monologue? Which of the two‚ in your opinion‚ is the stronger dramatic monologue in Tennyson’s “Ulysses” or Browning’s “My Last Duchess”? Answer : Traditionally dramatic monologue is a lyrical poem in the form of speech spoken by a single man. It is dramatic because it begins abruptly and in the development of its thought it takes several sudden turns which impart dramatic dimension to the poem. In a dramatic monologue the single speaker reveals his thoughts in the
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What role does Calpurnia play in the novel? Calpurnia is a very important character in Harper Lee’s To kill a Mockingbird. This is because she has a very important role in the novel. Calpurnia teaches Jem and Scout many life lessons throughout the book‚ cleans and cooks like most mothers in the 1930s and acts as a bridge between Negros and whites. All of these actions show that she is a motherly and influential figure in the County of Maycomb. Calpurnia teaches Jem and Scout many life lessons
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physical conditions of life.” Chapter 17‚ Home Economics‚ shows the struggles Callie Vee faces with her species: humans‚ and specifically her mother. They have different ideas of what she should be learning to survive and what lifestyle Calpurnia should lead. Calpurnia tries to nourish her mind with science and in that way exist to her full potential‚ but her mother would like to develop her into a wife who cooks and knits for a successful man. This is where the rest of the human species comes in‚
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