James Buchanan Duke

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…

Both plays have corrupt Dukes who drive the central revenge plot, and in this case Calabria’s Duke Ferdinand also drives the majority of the language of sickness. Kate Aughterson notes that “The continual presence of these metaphors spreads a sense of sickness and corruption over political courts and the actions…

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 his order to have his wife smiles “stopped all together” (line 46). He uses these fictional…

Jackson Pollock was a psycho-alcoholic. According to the movie Pollock, Jackson Pollock’s work was first exhibited at a show with future wife, Artist Lee Krasner. In the beginning of his career, Pollock’s style of painting was close to the style of Picasso’s art, Cubism. Pollock seemed to have a love/hate feeling for Picasso. He seemed to admire him and maybe had been studying him for so long, like he was trying to crack some sort of code of Picasso’s paintings, but became frustrated that…

over her shoulder, and turned her in the direction of the mall and began to walk. 'And I think you can get your panties in a twist all by your sweet, little self. I saw your mouth dropped often, though you were trying to catch flies with it. Got poor Duke a little jealous." He winked at her, and grinned at the little surprise he had planned later, if thinks worked out, before he squeezed her…

Poetry Response 2 The theme is power. Even before the first line of "The Colonel" by Caroline Forché, you know you're dealing with not just a colonel, but the colonel, a man of power. Alongside the speaker, you enter the lair of a military ruler who has position, money, and rank, and who is not afraid to use them. After enjoying the dinner, the maid was called using a gold bell which is indicative of the royal style of living that the colonel lived. The colonel's used to giving orders, and…

everything and according to the Duke, was of a lower ranking, as she was a woman and he believed she 'lowered' herself. Both women felt comfortable with their lovers', they felt secure as their lovers' showed no indication of their discontempt for their behavior. The Lover felt as if Porphyria was a coward, the repetition of her yellow hair emphasizes this (yellow is portrayed as cowardice), not wanting to give herself fully to him, 'she Too weak'. The Duke believed the Duchess was too…

of February 23, 1843. The Dowager Duchess Stéphanie was beaming as her daughter walked down the candlelit aisle arm and arm with the Grand Duke, Grand Duchess, and the groom, impressive in his new uniform adorned with ribbons and medals especially for the occasion. The bride was resplendent in the same gown her mother wore when she married the late Grand Duke of Baden. She wore the jewels and tiara given to her mother by Napoleon Bonaparte himself when she became the Grand Duchess. The Dowager…

Theo had to squint his eyes because of the king’s glow. However, the monarch seemed to be very bored. He approached him escorted by the captain, two warriors, a very attractive woman, and three suus of light-blue robes and distracted looks. Theo could not set his eyes off the king, Lia bowed at him and Vrol went down on one knee on the stony path. “Good fortune, Your Majesty,” began the arazi, but a sudden angry movement from the king’s hand interrupted his formal presentation. “I will talk,”…