The Dramatics

society’s preconceived notions about women. The reader is never given access to the Duchess’s feelings about her own life and her subsequent death. The Duke controls her narrative as much as he controlled every other aspect of her life. By using a dramatic monologue, Browning demands that the reader understand he…

Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning is a twisted plot, because at the end of the poem the speaker is the killer. Porphyria’s Lover is a dramatic monologue; the speaker is expressing emotion about his uninvited lover. It’s a dark stormy night and Porphyria enters in the speaker home. Porphyria shut the door to the speaker home and warms his home. Then she grabs the speaker attention by seducing him; she let her damp hair falls on her shoulder and she undress herself. She lets her body speak for…

children for role play. Dramatic play is a form of symbolic play where a child pretends , imitating actions and speech from earlier situations. The elements of reality and make-believe are involved as children imitate real-life people and situations, but when they can’t imitate exactly what they have observed, make-believe enters their…

“Patriarchy is the system or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) The sense of authority given to a man has been a constant struggle in society for women. Equal rights have been forcefully implemented in our societal and government systems to stop the ongoing “commotion” of women. Patriarchy is still alive and well in today’s society. It is reflected in pay gaps, the workplace, parenting, and even in education. Not only are…

of Dramatic Meaning in Dracula Dracula, performed by Shake & Stir Theatre Company, examines the 1897 Gothic novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. This production follows Jonathan Harker as he travels to Castle Dracula where he is imprisoned. When Dracula is not satisfied with simply Jonathan, he pursues Jonathan’s love interest, Mina, in a quest for love, but most importantly blood. This production explored the theme of love utilising the gothic conventions of isolation and the ‘Other’. The dramatic…

Cousin Kate & the Seduction In this Essay I will compare and contrast two poems ‘The Seduction’ by Eileen McAuley and ‘Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti. I will also support my ideas with quotations. Cousin Kate was written in the 19th century and The Seduction was written near the end of the 1900’s. This contributes to one of the differences I will be discussing in my essay The Seduction is about a teenage girl who goes to a party. She meets a boy and falls head over heels in love with him but…

Dramatic irony is a heatedly debated topic in contemporary literary criticism. This issue is especially explored in Sophoclean criticism in light of the tragic ambivalence which is well known in Sophoclean study. Rich scholarly contributions to dramatic irony were made in the past decades and the debate over the meaning of dramatic irony and its relation to tragic ambivalence is still under discussion. In the debate, scholars’ strong interest in Sophoclean language as a media to interpret…

The Similarities and Differences in My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover 'My Last Duchess' and 'Porphyria's Lover' are poems written by Robert Browning in the form of a dramatic monologue. They both contain themes…

Observation Task 6: Dramatic Play There is little dramatic play that happens in the classroom, or throughout the day, except when students are doing their work time, or free play time. During this time many different activities happen in different places in the classroom. Some students race to the home center where they pretend to be grown ups and other dress up and role-play different people, like batgirl and a fireman. Some also role-play with other toys, like cars and animals, and create…

important poets of the Victorian era. After not having much success in the beginning of his writing career, a spark was ignited at the death of his wife. This is when he began to write on a very intellectual level. He became extremely famous for his dramatic monologues, this is what many of his poems were portraying. His poetry was unconventional, his style was very unique compared to others. It was very much of a down-to-earth style rather than the normal poetic language. Two of the more…