The song “Stan” by rap artist Eminem fits the dramatic monologue format popularized by Robert Browning‚ because in Eminem’s song‚ Stan fits all of the characteristics of the Duke in My last Douches. Stan is extremely obsessive; in the beginning of the song he dies his hair and is trying to actually become Slim Shady‚ even his outfit and style are the same as Slim and is screaming in his girlfriend’s face because she keeps calling him Stanly when I would imagine he would want to be called Slim‚ or
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A Few Thoughts on the Dramatic Monologue A dramatic monologue is a poem written in the voice of a specific‚ definite character who is not the poet: the speaker is a persona‚ a mask. It’s a monologue because it has only one speaker‚ though there is sometimes (as in Browning’s “My Last Duchess”) a silent interlocutor whose unheard (or unread) responses help shape the speaker’s discourse and the meaning of the poem. (In such poems addressed to a specific listener‚ though only one person speaks‚ both
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shelf full of flowers and vases also there were vases on the floor and the brick walls. The wooden walls eventually opened up to show the venus fly trap. There was one soliloquy that Seymour spoke while there was 2 monologues‚ one from Oren and one from Audrey II. The monologue from Oren was during what I thought was the Climax. It was when Oren was killed from asphyxiation on the laughing gas. If that wasn’t the Climax‚ then it was when Seymour and Audrey were
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The Dramatic Monologue is a type of a lyric poem. It was developed in the Victorian period. Robert Browning is said to have perfected the Dramatic Monologue‚ with poems such as My Last Duchess‚ and Soliloquy of a Spanish Cloister. As its name states‚ it is a monologue‚ hence it is a speech uttered by a single person. In its fullest form‚ the dramatic monologue has three salient features Firstly‚ a single person who is patently not the poet‚ utters the speech that makes up the whole of a poem‚ in
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It’s not like I enjoy being around the Prince all the time. It’s something I have to do. Coming from a family with next to nothing I had to find a way out. This was my only option. Prince Prospero is a foolish man‚ but he has money. He can help me make a better life for my family. I swore to myself I would do anything for that money. If I can’t get it the easy way‚ I’ll just simply have to kill him and collect the money as my inheritance. When Prospero took my hand at the table I thought all that
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I have an inclination that this is the last time you will hear from me. OH MY GOODNESS‚ YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE THIS. Rodrigo‚ Cassio‚ and Iago got into a sword fight which has lead to the death of the dear Roderigo. I am sure someone will miss him. Then after that death‚ Iago cut off Cassio’s leg. Everyone comes rushing in. Iago tried to blame it 9n Bianca but no one listened they just wanted to get him some help. Desdemona and Othello did nit show though. Othello decided to kill her tonight. He thought
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You know what? There’s just one thing I want to do. And that’s killing you. I like what you’ve done. ’What a wow!’ Thank you. I wouldn’t have entertained them‚ but... since it’s you‚ my boy‚ I know you... and trust you. I think someone saw me when... I killed Innocentia‚ and they keep sending me messages. - Excuse me? - It was either me or her. I think someone saw that‚ and now they’re following me. Come to bed‚ baby. No‚ I can’t. They’ll kill me in my sleep. No‚ baby. Who’ll kill you
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Ollie McGee Have you seen walking through the village A Man with downcast eyes and haggard face? That is my husband who‚ by secret cruelty Never to be told‚ robbed me of my youth and my beauty; Till at last‚ wrinkled and with yellow teeth‚ And with broken pride and shameful humility‚ I sank into the grave. But what think you gnaws at my husband’s heart? The face of what I was‚ the face of what
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Choice 1 JIMMY I need detention. I really need detention. See‚ there’s this girl... I know‚ I know‚ it always starts with a girl ... But this girl is special... I mean it this time... Really special. Her name is Harmony... But she goes my Harm. Cute huh? She can harm me any time she wants. And she has too. A couple of times. But I deserved it... Cause I touched her once. I didn’t touch her anywhere bad. Just on the shoulder. And she broke my finger. So I guess we kind of have held hands. I was just
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Voices of Dramatic Monologues - A Poetry Comparison Nearly all of Rita Dove’s poetry deals with aspects of history. Shakespeare‚ Boccaccio‚ and Dove’s grandparents are topics of her poetry. Dove puts a light on the small truths of life that have more meaning than the actual historical facts. In a time when African-American poetry has been criticized for too much introspection‚ Rita Dove has taken an approach to emotion and the person as human. Dove’s poetry is not about being black‚ but
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