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Ferrera - College Term Papers

Ferrera

It is more difficult for some to mask their personality traits than others. Even though the Duke of Ferrara, in “My Last Duchess,” a poem by Robert Browning, attempted to conceal his traits he could still be seen through. In the midst of a party, the duke steps aside for the negotiation of an alliance. The more the duke aims to cover his traits the more apparent they became.
The duke did not intend for his arrogance to be shown as much as it was. The poem had an arrogant tone. He made a point to put emphasis on himself or “I.” The extra comment “since none puts by the curtain I have drawn for you, but I” was not required. He felt the “gift of a nine-hundred-years-old name” should ...

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or incarceration come to mind. When the duke could not handle the smiles anymore, he ordered them to cease. The smiles stopped.

All the effort put into hiding his personality was useless. He was transparent. No matter how much energy is put into hiding ones personality, the true person will always be ...

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Added: 9/5/2004 09:35:21 AM
Category: English
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 276
Pages: 2

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