Farewell My Concubine

There is a quote by C.G. Jung that reads, “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves”. I want to use this as the scope to understand the speaker in Robert Browning’s poem My Last Duchess. In the psychologically charged poem, the Duke (the speaker of the poem) uses the dramatic monologue to convey his feelings of his late duchess, as well as why he had her killed. The duke puts immense value on his imaginary hypotheticals, in an attempt to rationalize…

Myrna Pena-Reyes’ “Breaking Through” and William Carlos William’s “This is Just to Say” expresses the relationship of the persona with another person through the use of different figurative devices. In “Breaking Through”, we see the persona as the daughter and the “you” in the poem as her father. Meanwhile, in the poem “This is Just to Say”, the persona of the poem is the husband, while the “you” in the poem refers to his wife. These two poems present a similar conflict – the persona is…

To achieve a goal is not easy which people have to face the challenges and difficulty on their life. In the play “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller, the major theme of this play is about American Dream and the interpretation about dream includes memories, confliction, and arguments of Willy Loman. Willy Loman who is the main character in this play has to face difficulty to achieve the America dream like others. However, the reality is often different to the imagination, so that Willy Loman…

Pygmalion is a play written by George Bernard Shaw, based on the Greek mythology of the same name. It features a poor, uneducated girl, Eliza Doolittle, who is taken on a journey to become a duchess, to open up a flower shop. She is mentored by a professor, named Henry Higgins. By the end of the play, it is unknown if Liza ever marries Higgins, or a young man named Freddy Eynsford-Hill. As mentioned, as the story comes to a close, it leaves the reader something to think about. Does Eliza…

The paper would begin by introducing the ideas and theories that exist around the notion of identity in Kureishi’s My Beautiful Laundrette, examining them and carrying them forward to show how success or failure in case of a “diasporic” identity may depend upon their ability to adapt themselves to the environment/space they migrate…

there is irony in the physical nature of the poem, does Browning suggest there is an irony that exists in the content of the Duke’s words themselves? It sure seems that way. By contrasting the use of these poetic couplets with the Duke’s words in “My Last Duchess,” Browning is able to bring further attention to his argument against the societal gender issues of his time; particularly the objectification of, possession of, and misunderstanding of, women within his contemporary…

The godfather’s of animation and the - , How do they compare to one another?, How do they vary?. One might think the similarities between animation and painting is scarce, but when the traditional methods are brought to light can that still be considered as true?. When people aspire toward’s animation in today’s society, it often the bastions of traditional animation that capture the imagination, such as Studio Ghibli, founded by animator and director Hayao Miyazaki. The dedication by the…

Throughout time, there is an ever-present sense of duty and loyalty that make up a culture. Each time period consists of various factors that when added up equal a robust structure. When broken down, two main elements can be seen that make up the system; the men and the women. Whether their lives were that of unity or separated due to issue of sex is properly conveyed in the history of their time has yet to be answered; however, from viewing the works left behind from various authors and poets…

In "Quitters,Inc." by Stephen King's short story follows the life of an everyday man, Dick Morrison and how his life will be turn upside down with his choice of stop smoking and the results are terrifying. Stephen King's most powerful use of foreshadowing is the card where both cards appear in the beginning of the story and the end of the story. In Stephen King's short story smoking is a symbole of depression." Quitters, Inc., was in a new building where the monthly rent on the office space…

Life wouldn't be life without music today. If we didn't have music the world wouldn't go round and round like it does. Music is our way to escape life and be free from all our problems bills, family and relationships. There are many different type of music but right now I’m going to talk about R&B and jazz. Woman and men could sing jazz or R&B. with the top records at the top of the charts these singers were unbelievable. Billie Holiday and Kelly Rowland are very amazing singers and they manage…