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Racquel Marsh Prof. Schoolfield English 1315.008 10 October 2016 Discussion Questions—Browning 1. What is this poem’s expressive purpose? This poem’s expressive purpose is to show the listener what the speaker’s last duchess was like, and through this, show what the duke himself is like. He explains that this piece was done very well, and that the expression that the duchess seems to be making in the painting could be a result of when â€Å"Fr Pandolf chanced to say ‘Her mantle laps / Over my lady’s wrist too much,’ or ‘Paint / Must never hope to reproduce the faint / Half flush that dies along her throat.† This shows that any simple compliments that the painter may have chosen to give to the duchess were enough to cause a an â€Å"earnest glance† with such â€Å"depth and passion.† From here on, the speaker is conveying serious disappointment in how the duchess acted; she appreciated him just as she appreciated everything and everyone else. 2. How many characters do we find in this poem? In this poem, we find six individual characters. There is the duke himself, the person he is speaking to (who is servant to a count), the count, â€Å"Fr Pandolf†, â€Å"Claus of Innsbruck† who has â€Å"cast in bronze† a statue of â€Å"Neptune†¦Taming a sea-horse† for the duke, and the duchess herself. There are also some other people that are spoken of, such as the â€Å"officious fool† who brought the duchess a â€Å"bough of cherries† and the people who are waiting for the duke and the servant. 3. What situation do we findShow MoreRelated Shakespeares Hamlet - The Character of Ophelia Essay3341 Words   |  14 PagesHamlet: The Character of Ophelia  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚        Ã‚   Concerning the Ophelia of Shakespeare’s tragic drama Hamlet, is she an innocent type or not? Is she a victim or not? This essay will explore these and other questions related to this character.    Rebecca West in â€Å"A Court and World Infected by the Disease of Corruption† viciously, and perhaps unfoundedly, attacks the virginity of Ophelia:    There is no more bizarre aspect of the misreading of Hamlet’s character than the assumptionRead MoreEssay on Interpreting Hamlet’s Ophelia3518 Words   |  15 PagesHamlet’s Ophelia Was Ophelia in love with Hamlet, or did she have more feeling for her father than for her boyfriend? In Shakespeare’s Hamlet was Ophelia’s madness contributed to by the prince’s rejection of her? The answers to these and other questions about this tragic figure will be given. Rebecca West in â€Å"A Court and World Infected by the Disease of Corruption† argues that Ophelia has no love for Hamlet, but only for her father: For the myth which has been built round Hamlet is neverRead More Hamlet Essay: The Unlike Characters of Gertrude and Ophelia3420 Words   |  14 Pagescriminality of the king’s wife is the innocence of Ophelia – this view is generally expressed among Shakespearean critics. Jessie F. O’Donnell expresses the total innocence of the hero’s girlfriend in â€Å"Ophelia,† originally appearing in The American Shakespeare Magazine:    O broken lily! how shall one rightly treat of her loveliness, her gentleness and the awful pathos of her fate? Who shall dare to hint that she was not altogether faultless? One feels as if wantonly crushing some frail blossomRead MoreLet Majorship English4572 Words   |  19 Pages Diocletian’s D. Constantine’s 8. Which work of Lord ALFRED Tenyyson embodies his ideas on immortality and death in relation to his thoughts on Arthur Hallam? A. Break, Break, Break C. In Memoriam B. Crossing the Bar D. My Last Duchess 9. One of Rousseau’s important writing on political philosophy is_________________. A. The Republic C. The Social Contract B. Freedom of the Will D. Dialectics 10. The most popular vehicle for literacy expression during the SpanishRead MoreStudy Guide Literary Terms7657 Words   |  31 Pagesrepetition of the initial sounds of several words in a group. The following line from Robert Frosts poem Acquainted with the Night provides us with an example of alliteration,: I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet. The repetition of the s sound creates a sense of quiet, reinforcing the meaning of the line 3. allegory – Where every aspect of a story is representative, usually symbolic, of something else, usually a larger abstract concept or important historical/geopolitical event