...“Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning contains perturbing imagery throughout the poem that leads to the main focus of control. Primarily, the controlling aspects that will be focused on are the murder of Porphyria, the lies that the narrator/ speaker tells, and possession. Describing these aspects will furthermore aid in distinguishing the control in the poem. The speaker in “Porphyria’s Lover” had thoroughly controlled Porphyria in many ways. First, the speaker takes control of Porphyria through murder. He wanted her for himself. In lines 21 to 25, “Murmuring how she loved me-she/ Too weak, for all her heart’s endeavor, / To set its struggling passion free/ From pride, and vainer ties dissever, / And give herself to me for ever”, the speaker...
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...“The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen begins in the early 40’s Kensington area in London, where the main character Mrs. Drover is introduced while returning to retrieve the articles for herself. She returned to her house she saw the WWII cracks and trouble times, the piano, the struck clock and the letter K. (on the letter by her demon lover which becomes dear to the reader and represent how the life can bring the past to revenge and haunt the mind). Bowen ultimately uses different literary elements within her story to develop the theme of revenge , war and peace, identity , doubt and ambiguity and victim and victimization to her main character “Mrs. Drover” past events. In the short story “The Demon Lover,” by Elizabeth Bowen symbolism,...
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...Gendered Violence in Browning’s Poems “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover”, both written by Robert Browning in 1842, contain strong elements of gendered sexual violence that is likely a product of the repression and censorship that typified the Victorian Age. While “Porphyria’s Lover” is much more graphic and obvious in its depiction of sexual violence, “My Last Duchess” contains a number of elements that are dark and disturbing in their own right. Most important of these is the objectification of the duchess, which reduces her identity to that of another display in a collection. Both similarities and differences between the poems will be analyzed, including theme, symbolism, rhyme scheme, tone, and the nature of the sexual violence itself. This will show that the gendered sexual violence present in Browning’s poems is indicative of their historical context, primarily the social norms of the time. There are strong similarities between the two poems, particularly in theme, where both poems display a preservation of the mens’ idea of the feminine in a form that fit their ideal. In “My Last Duchess” this is seen in the opening lines, “That's my last Duchess painted on the wall / Looking as if she were alive . . .” and a little later in lines nine and ten, when it is revealed that the Duke keeps the painting curtained so that only he can enjoy the sight and smile of his late wife (1-2,9-10). In “Porphyria’s Lover” the theme is present in the narrator’s desire to fix Porphyria in...
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..."The Demon Lover”, a story written by Elizabeth Bowen, can be interpreted in two ways. In other words it is ambiguous. It can be interpreted as a ghost story or as a psychological one. The first time I read the story I thought of it as a ghost story. Even though Mrs. Drover has psychological problems, other creepy and ghostly actions occur throughout the whole story and this gives out evidence and support that it is a ghost story. Just as the story begins we can sense creepy actions. For example just as she arrives to London again after the blitz, the streets are deserted and as she walks through them she experiences a feeling of strangeness which overwhelms her. As she enters her old house she feels that the "dead” air greets her, dead...
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...Comparative essay on ‘My last Duchess’ and ‘Porphyria’s lover’ Robert Browning was born in May 1812 and died at the age of seventy. Browning was an English poet who has become known as the person to invent and popularise the dramatic monologue. This made him the foremost Victorian poet; two of his most successful dramatic monologues are those of ‘My last Duchess’ and ‘Porphyria’s Lover’. The reoccurring theme within the two monologues is murder as they show the idea of men killing a lover Dramatic monologues are significant in that there is only one point of view expressed throughout. In Victorian times dramatic monologues were very popular; Browning was seen as the innovator of this style of writing along with other eminent Victorian poets such as Rossetti and Tennyson. The dramatic monologue takes its style from Shakespeare’s soliloquies were a character speaks their thoughts and feelings aloud. This idea and style has been extended to the preset day, with Alan Bennett’s ‘Talking Heads.’ The speaker in ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ is the lover himself, residing in a cottage in the countryside at the beginning of the poem. The mood of the narrator is established right at the start as he talks about “the sullen wind’ ‘tore,’ ‘vex’ and ‘spite.’ He is clearly angry and unhappy. However as soon as Porphyria ‘glided’ in, the mood changes and she ‘ shut the cold out and the storm.’ The narrator feels warmed by her presence. At once the reader sees that Porphyria has taken control...
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...Analyzing Poem At first the only aspect that really stood out to me in the poem, I Shall Paint My Nails Red, was the acts of a woman talking about feminine things that woman like to do to change up their appearance. After thoroughly analyzing this poem I came to the realization that it was much deeper than that. Every line of this poem is a distinct statement filled with self-expression and confidence. I Shall Paint My Nails Red by Carole Satyamurti, takes the simple act of painting your nails and shows the meaning behind it. This poem hits home to me because painting my nails is something I enjoy doing with my grandmother. My grandmother has never gone a day without having her nails painted, and after reading this poem I understand why. To me, womanism is the main theme that Satyamurti is trying to portray in this poem and it is being shown through beauty, strength, and passion. Beauty can represent a numerous amount of things, and in this poem Satyamurti does a remarkable job at capturing the true meaning of beauty. “Because I am proud of my hands” (Satyamurti 2), after I broke this poem down piece by piece, the imagery in this line caught my eye. I relate the pride she takes in her hands after painting them to my grandmother and how I never see her go a day without having her nails painted. Although painting your nails is a simple thing, it makes you feel good about yourself. My grandmother walks with confidence every day and though it may not be just because of her nails...
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...The Lover-Duras The Lover (French title: L'Amant) is an autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras, published in 1984 by Les Éditions de Minuit. It has been translated to 43 languages. It was awarded the 1984 Prix Goncourt. The Lover is also a 1992 movie based on this novel, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and starring Jane March and Tony Leung Ka Fai. The cast also included Lisa Faulkner. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Summary of the movie Set against the backdrop of French colonial Vietnam, The Lover reveals the intimacies and intricacies of a clandestine romance between a pubescent girl (Jane March), from a financially strapped French family and an older, wealthy Chinese man (Tony Leung Ka-Fai). The story is narrated by Jeanne Moreau, portraying a writer looking back on her youth. In 1929, a 15 year old nameless girl is traveling by ferry across the Mekong Delta, returning from a holiday at her family home in the village of Sadec, to her boarding school in Saigon. She attracts the attention of a 32 year old son of a Chinese business magnate, a young man of wealth and heir to a tidy fortune. He strikes up a conversation with the girl; she accepts a ride back to town in his chauffeured limousine. Compelled by the circumstances of her upbringing, this girl, the daughter of a bankrupt, manic-depressive widow, is newly awakened to the impending and all-too-real task of making her way alone in the world. Thus, she becomes his lover, until...
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...past ruin the present? The main character Andrea is a divided individual, who is torn between a love from the past and her husband. First of all, Andrea is a divided self in the way that she is indecisive towards her husband and lover. Her lover made an ultimatum, which is seen in page 47 lines 38-43: “Her lover had said that she was always too slow to know what she really loved… When she would not decide in his favour, would not change her life and come to him, he asked what made her think she could have it both ways.” This clearly shows how Andrea cannot decide whether to leave her husband or not. Moreover, the quote shows how well the lover knows her compared to how little her husband knows her, take the following example: “When her husband first noticed the bowl, he had peered into it and smiled briefly… Her husband had pronounced the bowl “pretty,” and he had turned away without picking it up to examine it. He had no more interest in the bowl than she had in his new Leica” (P. 25 ll. 16-23). Comparing the two examples the reader gets the feeling that their marriage is loveless and uncaring, wherein Andrea’s relationship with the lover is the complete opposite. Andrea’s relationship is therefore more passionate and affectionate with her lover than her relationship with her husband. Second of all,...
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...Hard Work Pays! May 9th, 2011 was not an ordinary day, but a pay day for the sweat of my studies. It was a day crowned with endless emotions, as I admired my durable and beautiful bracelet watch that ultimately spoke attitude. Featuring a round case, a black rotating bezel with hand crafted plastic link band with a silver double push safety Italian clasp, a stylish Ferrari logo inked in the heart of the minute wheel, finely visible from miles away through the watch’s crystal; meet the Ferrari Electro-Luminescent stylish watch, my precious summer gift from dad. Being my first gift for an exemplary performance in an exam, the Ferrari Electro Luminescent stylish watch has always ignited happiness to my life, as I dance to its ticking sounds generated by the contact of both the transmission and ratchet wheels. Furthermore, it has instilled confidence in me due to its lavish look. Since then, waking up has been the easiest chore of my daily activity, its notorious alarm bells set in the watch having immensely perfected the art of clouding my ear drums for the purpose of annoying my sleep, simply because, time to wake up is time to wake up. Like any ordinary human being rewarded with a perfect gift, having been perturbed by the watch’s superior look, I did not hesitate to show it off to my peers. Amazingly, many of my friends admired my look, as I swayed my hands in anticipation of being noticed, with the sun’s rays struggling to get a glimpse of my extraordinary look, which resulted...
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...J. Prevert. „Sables mouvants“ The image of the quicksand is very symbolic. One has to analyse it first, in order to understand J. Prevert‘s poem. Quicksand consists of granular matter (silt, sand), clay and water. It may appear quite solid if it is undisturbed. However, when there is a change in pressure, the surface loses its strength, sand and water separate, causing buildings to fall over. Someone stepping on quicksand would start to sink. I am inclined to believe that the usage of this image was chosen not at random. The title gives us a clue that the poem is going to be about the duality of love. Like everything else in the world, love has both positive and negative faces. What appears to be solid and stable might collapse, when one comes closer. The poem „ Sables mouvants“ also examines the themes of the transience of time and sexuality. The repetition of “Demons et merveilles / vents et marees ” expresses the duality of love. One imagines demons as something magical, evil, dark, dangerous, and insidious. Because of our knowledge of mythology and religion, demons remind us of seduction (for example, Eve and the Serpent, The Bible) and sin. On the other hand, merveilles create the impression of something enchanting and delightful. The contrast between demons and merveilles shows us that what appears pure and fascinating, might allure into danger and darkness. What is more, vents et marees can be regarded as a hint of sensuality and sexuality. It impersonates force...
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...Der Fluß der Abenteuer 2 Vier kranke Kinder „Armer Polly!“ ertönte es klagend vor der Schlafzimmertür. „Armer Polly! Putz dir die Nase.“ Dann hörte man einen trockenen Husten, und darauf war es eine Weile still, als warte jemand auf Antwort. Jack richtete sich auf und sah zu dem anderen Bett hinüber. „Philipp, darf ich Kiki reinlassen? Seine Stimme klingt so traurig.“ „Wenn er nicht zu viel Krach macht, kann er meinetwegen reinkommen. Jetzt tut mir der Kopf nicht mehr so furchtbar weh.“ Jack stieg aus dem Bett und stakste etwas unsicher zur Tür. Die Kinder hatten Grippe gehabt und fühlten sich noch sehr schwach. Philipp war besonders schwer krank gewesen. Er hatte den lebhaften Papagei Kiki nicht im Zimmer ertragen können. So tierlieb er auch war, hätte er ihm am liebsten Pantoffeln, Bücher oder was sonst noch greifbar war an den Kopf geworfen. Jetzt watschelte Kiki mit gesenktem Kopf ins Zimmer. „Komm rein, mein armer Kerl“, sagte Jack mitleidig, und sofort flog ihm der Papagei auf die Schulter. „Du verstehst es natürlich nicht, warum wir dich rausgeschmissen haben. Aber wenn einem fast der Kopf zerspringt, ist Lärm nicht gerade angenehm. Philipp ist fast verrückt geworden, als du neulich den spuckenden Motor nachmachtest.“ 3 „Hör bloß auf!“ Philipp schauderte in Erinnerung an den entsetzlichen Lärm. „Ich glaube, ich werde nie mehr über Kiki lachen können.“ Er hustete und zog sein Taschentuch unter dem Kopfkissen hervor. Kiki hustete ebenfalls...
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...Role of peer group in the social behavior of an Individual Role of Groups in the Social Behavior of an Individual Secondary Group and Formal Group What is a social group? Primary and Informal Group According to Charles W. Cooley (1609.23) primary group has the following concept: that this particular group has members who enjoy intimate, personal and face-to-face relationship among themselves. A group is not a mere collection of individuals but an aggregate of personalities acting and interacting with one another in the process of living. To be a member of the group, one must participate in the common life and activities of the group (Hunt, et al., 1984:19). Social group refers to any number of persons who share a consciousness of membership and interaction (Horton and Hunt,1984:186). Various types of Social Group Primary and Informal Groups Secondary and Formal Groups Panopio et al. (1995) furthered explain that the primary group is the best educational milieu where the transmission of values can be done from adults to young. Hunt et al. (2000) cited significant roles of primary group: As an instruments of socialization As a source of Fundamental Social Ideas Informal group, like the primary, is an organization where there is specific structure to achieve specific goals and objectives. The informal group is concern with the personal relationships and agreement of group members than on defined role relationships. Secondary group does not involves face-to-face contact with each...
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...Journal 1 What impact has the Canadian Social and Political history on writing of Joy Mannette and Denise Chong? Both authors Joy Mannette and Denise Chong have written different articles about racism and discrimination .First article “My Dearest Child” is written by Joy Mannette and the other one “The Concubine’s Children” is written by Denise Chong. Both of these articles reflected how the black and Chinese immigrants suffered in Canada in 17th and 19th century. But now as we all know Canada is a multicultural country. Everyone respect each other’s culture and religion. The first article “My Dearest Child” is a letter written by a white mother Joy Mannette to her African Canadian child. In this letter, she explained how their ancestors experienced discriminations. The people who were African although they born and citizen in Canada they were still treated badly. Even their ancestors had to work as labourers as white people offered them minor jobs. They worked hard but still got fewer wage. She narrates in her article that the black people came to Nova Scotia in 17th century as slaves. They were banned to enter the religious places, Schools and other amusing programs. In the second article “The Concubine’s Children”, Denise Chong states how the Chinese immigrants had to face racism in Canada in the past. She explained about unfairness that the many Chinese immigrants experienced in Canada. In addition, Chinese people had to pay special taxes for school and policing, employment...
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...My PC Backup Quick Start Guide You have made a great decision choosing My PC Backup, your files will now be safe and accessible from any device with an internet connection. The My PC Backup service is split across three main areas: My PC Backup Application This will be installed on your computer and be accessible from your Start Menu, your desktop or your system tray. The Control Panel - http://my.mypcbackup.com Accessing the control panel is easy from any computer or mobile device that has an internet connection, simply visit the URL above and sign in with your email address and password. Simply put the control panel is where you see your backed up files, synced files and account information. The Sync Folder Available on the desktop of any computer you have the application installed on. Or you can access all files contained in the Sync folder from the control panel. The Sync folder mirrors a folder on one computer on another. The Application The Application is the hub for setting up and running backups. When the application is running the My PC Backup icon will be displayed in your system tray. Below is a screenshot of what the main application window looks like: Clicking here takes you to your control panel where you can see all of your backed up and synced files. Clicking here will allow you to restore files previously backed up to the computer you are on. Clicking here will open the sync folder on this computer in a Windows Explorer window. Clicking...
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...Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce, eCommerce or e-comm, refers to the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and othercomputer networks. However, the term may refer to more than just buying and selling products online. It also includes the entire online process of developing, marketing, selling, delivering, servicing and paying for products and services. The amount of trade conducted electronically has grown extraordinarily with widespread Internet usage. Web development is a broad term for the work involved in developing a web site for the Internet (World Wide Web) or an intranet (a private network). Uploading is the transmission of a file from one computer system to another, usually larger computer system. From a network user's point-of-view, to upload a file is to send it to another computer that is set up to receive it. People who share images with others on bulletin board services ( BBS ) upload files to the BBS. Transmission in the other direction is downloading -- from one, usually larger computer to another, usually smaller computer. From an Internet user's point-of-view, downloading is receiving a file from another computer.http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci213255,00.html Dreamweaver workspace elements The Start page enables you to open a recent document or create a new document. From the Start page you can also learn more about Dreamweaver by taking a product tour or a tutorial. ...
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