Duke University

1. What is depicted and description. -Gaspar De Guzman, Count-Duke of Olivares and his noble horse seem to be facing or running towards the battle in great confidence. He's wearing a red scarf and a baton which both show authority or leadership in some way. He is well suited up with a beautiful body of armor flaunting power, authority and protection. Count-Duke did not actually fight in what seems to be a battle ahead but he did lead. His confidence in this painting is to the roof, as his face…

some of the most important students at every university. They represent their school, and they are highly valued by the university they attend. “University of Missouri Campus Protests: ‘This is Just a Beginning’” explains that about thirty black Missouri University football players stated via Twitter that they would not participate in football activities until their president, Tim Wolfe, resigned for his recent mishandling of racial issues at the university. Soon after, Wolfe resigned…

An In-Depth Look at My Last Duchess In the poem “My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning, the main character, the Count speaks about his deceased wife and a painting of her to a mysterious listener at his private party. The Duchess’s story revolves around the internal conflicts between her and the Count. The main threads include the jealousy and self-importance of the Count, as well as the compassion of the Duchess. He subtly insinuates to the party-goer that his wife’s early death was caused by…

The characters portrayed by Browning in his dramatic monologues are various and often rise from the world of the Italian Renaissance. From the artist Fra Lippo Lippi who has become a monk without his will, to Andrea del Sarto, a great painter who has subordinated his art to the demands of an exploitative wife, Browning manages to reveal the true value of art. The pictures of great artists blended with historical detail are embodied in his poems. Vasari’s Lives of the artistsis the source of the…

“My Last Duchess,” by Robert Browning, is about a duke in search for a new bride. The Duke of Ferrara is giving a tour of his estate to a servant of a Count in hopes to marry his daughter. The poem is set in what seems to be an art gallery and the duke spends most of his time in front of a portrait of his last duchess and talks about what she was like. Apparently, the Duchess was easily made happy and that was problematic according to the Duke, so much it was enough to have her killed. When…

In Robert Downing’s poem “My Last Duchess” the author uses representational figurative language, two-toned diction, uninterrupted, repetitive structure, and imagery that tells a story of a duke and his relationship with a duchess. The poem communicates an attitude of resentment, distaste and bitterness which leads to a theme of sometimes one's own actions of holding oneself on a pedestal, can negatively effect and blur one’s opinions or views of someone else. The authors use of figurative…

My blood boils over from their conversation as I was about to slander them, a hand covers my mouth preventing words from bursting out. Tilting my head back to gaze at Kane as he shakes his head, consequently, I remove his hand from my mouth. Sighing in frustration, I complain, “Those women shouldn’t be saying such awful things when they aren't even acquainted with him.” “Princess... I know you're right still as you can recognize this isn’t the time or the place, furthermore, no matter what…

Last Duchess” is about a powerful Duke and his late wife. He is showing a portrait painted on the wall of his duchess and describing her to someone. The portrait seems to be full-length and highly realistic because the duke remarks that “there she stands” (4). The duke immediately seems somewhat sinister. He even speaks of the duchess as if she were a possession referring to her as “[his] last duchess” throughout the poem. The poem both begins and ends with the Duke mourning his deceased bride.…

of Devonshire struggles with being a woman ahead of her time. Georgiana married at a young age to a man misdirected by, her mother, Lady Spencer that the Duke of Devonshire loved her even though they briefly met. To her surprise she found out quickly that was not the case, the Duke only wanted the marriage for her to bear him an heir. The Duke punished her shortcomings of bearing a son by having several affairs, and wanting her to raise one of his daughters out of wedlock. She battles with…

The duke is evidently a noble, who derived his power from family name and wealth. He wants to control everything and everyone, including his wife. His need for control his mirrored in his relationship with the count’s agent. He is a patriarchal figure, who…