My Last Duchess Summary 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 and tells us he is entertaining an emissary who has come to negotiate the Dukes marriage he has recently been widowed to the daughter of another powerful family As he shows the visitor through his palace he stops before a portrait of the late Duchess apparently a young and lovely girl The Duke begins reminiscing about the
In the Play Much Ado about Nothing the role of tricks and trickery is an important one that is portrayed in its fullest The play is based upon deliberate trickery and numerous schemes that are used to manipulate the thoughts of nearly every character and convince themselves by putting on a different public facade instead of showing their true feelings and personalities The tricks and trickery the characters perform on each other have a big effect on the story The first example of trickery is in
Maggies condition throughout the novel is forced upon her by things outside of her control She has a crush on a boy like many girls do at her age but is too naive to the world to understand his intentions Her family is mad because they believe she is sleeping around While she is truly just an innocent young girl with a crush These misunderstandings escalate to the point that Maggie is kicked out of her home The rumors that are spread about her then prevent her from returning Maggies situation p
Shakespeare wrote the play for James the 1st because in the 1600s when queen Elizabeth who was queen for a long period of time died there was no one to take over after her so because of the necessity that there had to be someone to take over for her James 1st took over as king although he was also the king of Scotland Many people did not want to have a Scottish king King James thought that there were many rebels at that time and he also thought that he would be on the receiving end of witchcraf
The play Macbeth a Scottish tragedy written in the 17th century by William Shakespeare demonstrates that guilt cannot be lessened by alternative action nor by even the most determined effort to erase the essence of conscience by actively seeking denial and change Macbeth constantly misunderstands his conscience and guilt as a case of fear Thus his way of dealing with his guilt and conscience is to face it openly by committing more crimes and this only produces added disgrace On the other hand L
The decisions one makes can influence the course of ones journey through life all stemming from a single moment in time In William Shakespeares tragic play King Lear the title character is a flawed man whose inability to see the truth in front of him leads to his downfall King Lears journey through the play takes him on a path from denial to rage to isolation leaving him in the end a broken fragment of the king he once was His denial stems from his not being able to see his daughters true color
Misery to Bitterness The Creatures last address reveals his bitterness towards the people who shunned him and that bitterness resulted in the wretched deeds to make his creator miserable that make him full of regret and self loathing The Creature was brought into a world in which no one was sympathetic to him which brought him to abhor the human race After he was created and abandoned by Frankenstein the Creature was left completely alone without a single companion and facing the rejection of t
Topic 1 How are women portrayed in the novel In Crime and Punishment Fyodor Dostoyevskys portrayal of characters in the novel is important Dunya Sonia and Katherine are primary examples of women victimized by society Dostoyevskys focus on the hardships of the female characters helps us to understand his view of women These women are figures of strength and morality in the face of harsh circumstances Although Dunya Sonia and Katherine have consistently had problems of their own they have been ab
A Rose for Emily is a great example to how many people are needed of another person company We may resort to desperate measures to prevent being alone in life and to be with the ones we believe love Even though A Rose for Emily was written 80 years ago back in 1931 but things havent change we see this so much in today still Though I you may say our actions today are not normally as extreme as Emilys but I feel this story shows as a great metaphor to how many for us will stay in situations long
In A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner members of a southern community are telling us the story of Emily Grierson The communitys view of Emily is that of a noblesse oblige 508 They see her as a fallen monument 505 and she is a constant source of gossip for the townspeople She views the community as a part of the towns setting and they see her as a duty and a care 505 Their thoughts and actions are of no consequence to Miss Emily Grierson 505 The community is highly concerned with maintaining t