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Browning's Last Duchess & Her Fatal Misstep
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A 3 page essay that discusses Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess" and how this applies to the concept of "hamarita." The literary term "hamarita" has been defined simply as a "tragic flaw," however, it does not necessarily refer to flaw in character, as it can also be an "unwitting, even a necessary, misstep in doing rather than an error in character" (Literary Vocabulary). In Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess," it is made clear that the duke's last duchess did, indeed, take a fatal misstep that brought about her demise and that action consisted, not in a character defect, but in the fact that she was too good, too caring, too human, to be a proper aristocrat in the eyes of her husband. Her hamarita lay in her love of life and individuality, which prevented her from existing solely as just one more beautiful possession belong to the duke. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Browning's My Last Duchess
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This 7 page paper provides a pragmatic criticism of Robert Browning's poem, The Last Duchess, from a feminist perspective. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Browning/"My Last Duchess" as Dramatic Monologue
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A 3 page essay that analyzes Browning's poem "My Last Duchess" as a dramatic monologue. The writer defines "dramatic monologue" and discusses how Browning uses this device to create a concise character sketch of a depraved and shallow nobleman. No additional sources cited.
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Browning/My Last Duchess
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A 3 page essay that addresses Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess." This poem presents a dramatic monologue, in which a duke is discussing his art collection with the emissary of a family with whom the duke is negotiating the details of an arranged marriage. The duke stops before a portrait of his last duchess and begins to recount a story that is clearly intended to relay a message to the family concerning the duke's expectations for his next wife. In presenting the duke's diatribe against his previous duchess, Browning, in many ways, contrasts the restricted Classical worldview against the more humanistic Romantic worldview. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khbrdu3.rtf

Business, Social Change & Poetry
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A 3 page research paper that looks at the new use of poetry within the business world. Historically, business has been perceived as purely rational, which defines it as antithetical to the creative side of human endeavor, that is, the abstract side, which is epitomized in poetry, which deals with ideas and emotions, not profit. However, business people today are coping with a rate of change that threatens to be overwhelming and a business world that increasingly relies on intellectual capital, as well as monetary capital. Consequently, poetry is being perceived by many as a means for releasing the creativity and thinking of business personnel, that is, a way to accommodate and adapt to change. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Byron & Temporality
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A 7 page research paper that examines the poetry of George Gordon, Lord Byron in regards to his use of temporality. This examination of Byron's verse examines specifically this sense of temporality and how it affects his portrayal of the heroic protagonists. Essentially this shows that the Byronic hero stands outside of temporality due to his experiences. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: khbyrtim.rtf

Camoes’ “Lusiads”
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A 5 page paper examining this epic poem by the sixteenth-century Portuguese writer Luis Vas de Camoes. The paper traces Camoes’ nationalism and dogmatism in the poem, and shows how the imagery he used underscored his main theme of Portuguese’s obligation to evangelize the world. No additional sources.
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Canto X of Dante’s “Inferno”
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A 5 page paper which examines the historical significance of this stanza, as it relates to the city of Florence during the thirteenth century. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGcantox.rtf

Carl Sandburg’s Chicago
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A 3 page analysis of Carl Sandburg’s poem Chicago. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAccao.rtf

Carpe Diem Poetry
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A 5 page essay that examines three poems written on the carpe diem theme – Herrick's To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time; Wilbur's A Late Aubade; and cummings' since feeing is first. The author demonstrates that the way that these poets have handled the carpe diem theme is not only dependent on its literal meaning, but also on the social context of the time in which the poet wrote and also the individual perspective of the poet. No additional sources cited.
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