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    jazz may not be mainstream music that is heard on the radio‚ there was a time between 1930 and 1955 where it was. In this research project I am going to be comparing the famous jazz compositions‚ “Take Five” by Dave Brubeck and “C-Jam Blues” by Duke Ellington. Both pieces were chart-topping and achieved incredible mainstream success‚ with “Take Five” becoming the biggest selling jazz single ever (Sarabia‚ 2000). Over the next few pages I will be analysing each song in detail as well as looking at how

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    him a secret concerning the Castle: there was a ghost that wandered in the south wing‚ a spirit that belongs to a killed persons. While Julia was falling deeper and deeper in love with Hyppolito‚ the count of Mazzini decided to led she to marry the Duke of Luano‚ because of his social class and economical position that was very well‚ and so in this way he could increase his prestige and his power. He proposed it to his daughter and when Julia refused he constructed her to do

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    encounters‚ they were pretty familiar with sex and had sex together a good few times. But the one time Ellington runs out of condoms during one of their many heated moments‚ Rydel is found a month later throwing up in the bathroom. Like anyone who hadn’t already been pregnant before‚ Rydel and Ellington brushed it off as her being sick. It was only a week after her first wave of morning sickness that Ellington had a feeling it was more than just the stomach flu when she asked for Sushi... and a big bottle

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    | |Last November 18 marked the kickoff of Duke University Medical Center’s first Patient Safety Week. Posters went up. Patients filled in | |cards‚ detailing their medical conditions and medications. The staff was instructed on how to report safety-related problems. Everyone was | |upbeat. Duke was taking concrete steps to deal with the growing national problem of preventable hospital errors. Less than three months

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    The Dukes Research

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    e The Dukes Audience Marketing Research 2012-2013 Prepared by Tiantian Hu May 2013 Acknowledgement of help received Frank Dawes Mr. Chris Wakeman‚ Marketing Manager of The Dukes theatre. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2.1 Client Details 2.2 Key Objectives of The Research 2.3 Key Activities To Achieve The Objectives 2. Methods of Investigation 3. Findings 4.4 Quantitative Data From Questionnaire Audience’s demographic data The

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    My Last Duchess Analysis

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    the reader take on a sympathetic attitude toward the Duke. When the Duke shows his power and desire to control‚ however‚ we begin to question the Duke’s character and judge his motives. The way the reader perceives the Duke changes the reader’s perspective on the poem and situation of the Duke‚ yet Browning’s reasoning for doing this is inconclusive. Upon first reading‚ the poem struck us as if we should have some sort of sympathy for the Duke due to his truly genuine admiration towards his pieces

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    The Duke reveals his actions throughout the course of the poem‚ and establishes his power over the other characters. By attempting to control his wife‚ the envoy‚ as well as the artists‚ the Duke proves that men in high positions of power abuse that power to achieve their desires. In the beginning of the poem‚ the Duke establishes his authoritative‚ yet cadenced voice. He begins to describe the painting‚ but also asks the envoy to “sit and look at her” (Browning 262). Although the Duke asks the

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    reveal‚ celebrate‚ or‚ in this case‚ condemn his behavior.  The speaker in "My Last Duchess" is the Duke‚ loosely based on the historical figure‚ the Duke of Ferrara whose own young wife died under mysterious circumstances. Browning writes the poem completely from  his perspective and voice‚ allowing the reader to draw his or her own conclusions about the Duke’s monologue.  In the opening stanza‚ the Duke introduces the painting of his last duchess.  Using iambic pentameter thoughout his

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    It‚ there is obvious sibling rivalry and antagonism between Orlando and Oliver‚ and between Duke Frederick and Duke Senior.  In Act I‚ a prevalent theme is sibling rivalry. It can be shown through the conflict between Oliver and Orlando as well as Duke Frederick and Duke Senior. Shakespeare suggests that jealousy contributes strongly to sibling rivalry through the parallels that can be drawn through Duke Frederick and Oliver. Both are jealous of their brother’s popularity and become paranoid. Oliver

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    “My Last Duchess” refers to the Duke of Ferrera’s late wife‚ in which he has recently been widowed due to her unknown death. As we read the title‚ the use of “MY Last Duchess” provides the fact that the poem is being told in first person‚ being the Duke himself. In the poem‚ he is having a showing of this beautiful painting on the landing on the grand staircase done by Fra Pandolf‚ allowing people to see his late wife‚ apparently a young and lovely girl. The Duke begins then reminiscing about the

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