Africa’s dictators. The Last King of Scotland‚ by Giles Foden is a true story set in the 1970s‚ about a young Scottish doctor Nicholas Garrigan. He comes to Uganda to assist in a local hospital; soon he meets President Idi Amin who offers him a senior position as his personal advisor. Amin soon shows his true colours and refuses to let Nicholas go home‚ Nicholas is forced to make crucial decisions that could mean his death if Amin finds out. The film version of The Last King of Scotland‚ was directed
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My Last Duchess: An Analysis of The Duke "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning is clearly a dramatic monologue used to depict the character of the Duke. The agent seems present although he never participates in the conversation and all parts are spoken by the Duke. The Duke describes some of the agent’s questions and makes the dramatic monologue possible by answering‚ for example‚ the questioning glance he gets from the agent about the "spot of joy on the duchess’ cheek". The poem presents the
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Title: The Last King of Scotland Elizabeth Tupou 12PM Director: Kevin MacDonald Text Type: Visual Text Never have I been so intrigued in a political thriller. What captivated me more in ‘The Last King of Scotland’ was the fact that this film was based on similar events that occurred in Idi Amin’s life‚ a Ugandan dictator. Books or films that are true or partially true‚ to me‚ become ten times more interesting and/or scary
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“Is it justice to make evil‚ and then punish for it?” James Fenimore Cooper‚ the author of The Last of the Mohicans often writes and demonstrates in his stories his belief that evil has its consequences. James Fenimore Cooper (1764-1789) was sparked by the Revolutionary period. The war between the American colonies and Great Britain‚ leading to the formation of the independent United States. The Revolution and his romance for it has an impact in his stories. After his wife challenged him to
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Reflection of Randy Pausch’s “The Last Lecture” Pennsylvania State University Berks Campus The Last Lecture began as a good-bye speech‚ made by Randy Pausch‚ a 47 year old professor diagnosed with terminal cancer. His speech at Carnegie Melon University became an Internet phenomenon. It has also been published as a book. I really thoroughly enjoyed his Last Lecture speech. He had a lot of good talking points and brought up some new perspectives‚ or ways of looking at life situations that
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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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The Last of the Mohicans is a romantic action film directed by Michael Mann in 1992. The story took place in 1757 during the French and Indian war. The British and French were fighting for territory in North America. The director depicted the three groups of people excellently‚ and used great detail to show the values and traits of each group. The American Colonists were a hardworking‚ and independent group of people. They wanted answers before they agreed to anything. In the beginning of the
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The poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning is often anthologized as an illustration of dramatic monologue. It initially appeared in the year 1842 in the Dramatic Lyrics of Browning. The verse is written in the 28 rhymed couplets of the iambic pentameter. This verse is loosely supported on historical incidents relating Alfonso‚ the Duke of Ferrara‚ who used to live in 16th century. Theme The central themes are influence‚ power‚ marriage‚ egotism and aristocracy. It is likely to utilize blanket
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For the duration of ‘My Last Duchess’ the Duke reveals his need to exert dominance over others. In the monologue he leaves no time after his questions for the envoy to answer‚ this quickly creates rhetorical questions which control the envoy’s speech revealing the Duke’s very egotistical persona. For example ‘Who’d stoop to blame this sort of trifling?’ . Furthermore the Duke calls ‘that piece a wonder‚ now’ the caesura before the lexical choice ‘now’ gives the line an ominous and sinister feel and
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Philosophical Issues of Personal Identity‚ in The Last Samurai One of the most important philosophical discussions resides in the realm of personal identity. This is a concept that define people from an individual to a nation‚ and even a species as a whole. Interestingly enough‚ one of the greatest struggles of personal identity is embedded in Japanese history. This philosophical investigation is captured and portrayed in the war-epic film The Last Samurai (2003)‚ directed by Edward Zwick. Furthermore
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