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Robert Lowell: Following Nathaniel Hawthornes Tradition of Ancestral Guilt Literature Essay
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When Alcee leaves her house, she thinks about the whole incident and laughs. There’s not a tinge of guilt in her. She knows what she’s done is not wrong to her heart and the woman in her. Her emotions are much of the opals; they change their colorway too quickly. Like the rain, the intense flow of passion gives rise to peace, when it ends.  
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Zora Neale Hurstons Metonymy Literature Essay
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This essay discusses that the book was published at a time in which black people in America were no longer slaves and many of the young people, including Hurston herself, had no memory of being a slave, however, the laws in America made living conditions for black people not much better than slavery, especially in the southern regions.
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Gregory by Panos Ioannides Literature Book Report/Review
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Those who choose to follow their orders and perform their duties to their nation, such as the executioner/narrator did, are forced to sacrifice an essential portion of their soul that helps them to realize they are human.  If they do not, the burden of guilt placed upon them, like that of the narrator, weighs their feet down like lead, cutting into them with hot metal and leaving invisible injuries that will never heal.
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Suicide Note by Janice Mirikitani Literature Essay
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The poem is presented by the author in the form of a suicide note written by the poor girl to her parents. This was a heartbreaking incident that should never have happened in the first place.
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Tolkien and Lewis: The Battle of Good over Evil Literature Essay
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Two friends, Oxford academics and members of an informal group called the Inklings spent many hours by the fireside discussing their ideas and concepts regarding many aspects of life following their first meeting in 1926, including their fascination with myth and fairy tales they’d heard as boys.
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Modernist Literary Movement Literature Essay
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The researcher of this essay will describe the influences that different authors had on Modernism. This paper provides a love letter, in which a twenty-first-century reader explains why she loves Modernist literature and what she finds still contemporary, insightful and interesting in present-day times.
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Critical Bibliography: Women in Film Noir Literature Essay
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The author states that the trend of using less glamorous male characters was explained as being necessary to offset the shortage of eligible men as all able bodied ones were drafted to serve in the Army. This was an important accommodation as the new types of roles were written to pair the beautiful actresses with older men.
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Political Views of Romantic Poets Literature Essay
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From this research, it is clear that the focus of this paper is a brief analysis of the political poems of Blake, Word Worth, and Byron. Wordsworth is taken up first, as he can provide a better thrust to the discussion intended to be done in this paper. Most of his poems are autobiographical.
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The ideology of Way Down South was to boost African American morale Literature Essay
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Hughes’ ideology was to boost the morale of his black people. Many blacks still remained in the working class so he used Way Down South with its characters of working class blacks to gain the empathy of the black audience.
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Poetry Analysis: Sailing Home from Rapallo by Robert Lowell Literature Essay
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Though it is a physical journey for the poet, in the poem he seems to be on an emotional journey. The readers find themselves informed of various external facts, as he wanders through his imagination. The gripping emotional content of the poem gets an equally great structure and style, making the poem altogether pleasant reading.
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Critical biography of Anne Frank Literature Essay
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The Nazis slowly extended their power into the Netherlands too and the Franks were trapped. The Nazis practiced heavy persecutions on the Jews. They had to wear a star sewn on their clothing whenever they appeared in public. This was a mark of segregation and shame.
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Walden: Thoreaus Spiritual Vision of Unity with Nature and the Significance of Self-Expression Literature Assignment
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Henry David Thoreau was a writer and philosopher whose work has influenced his contemporaries and future generations of writers and artists, naturalists and environmentalists, philosophers and politicians. Thoreau was born and lived in Concord, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard and worked intermittently as a teacher and surveyor and in the family’s pencil manufacturing business.  
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Book Review: Tom Beaudoins Virtual Faith Literature Essay
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Comfortably falling within the genre of Theology, the book is not necessarily written for the faithful alone. Beaudoin indicates he wrote the book with the faithful in mind, but also for the unfaithful, for those familiar with theology and those who are experiencing it for the first time in his book, for those who fall within the Gen X classification and for those who are simply trying to understand this seemingly meaningless generation.
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Ovid's Metamorphoses Literature Essay
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Ovid’s was born in 43 BC at Sulmo. His full name was Pulius Ovidius Naso and his family was comfortably wealthy and of noble rank, and they had wanted him to pursue a legal or public office career. However, Ovid found that his true skills and interests were best suited for a career as a poet because he had received a good education.
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Lady and the Monster by Mary Poovey Literature Article
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In writing such a horror story, Shelley was embodying the very idea of self-assertion by putting a public voice to her story, yet by couching it in terms of the first-person narrative, she was also able to distance herself from these events just as the evil effects of the monster are distanced from its creator.
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Analysis of the theme and its significance to the meaning of Jane Eyre Literature Essay
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Resistance is an important theme in the novel. Much towards the beginning of the novel, in Chapter 2, Jane is seen in conflict with Bessie. She makes the following comment “I resisted all the way: a new thing for me…” which actually foreshadows the important theme of resistance and female emancipation in the novel.
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Understanding the plot and the main characters in Shakespeares Tragedy of McBeth Literature Essay
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Being famed as the most violent of all the plays every written by Shakespeare, the symbolism used by this play is very chaotic. Blood dominates the scene of this play from beginning to the end.
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Rocket Boys (aka October Sky) (Hardcover) by Homer H. Hickam, Jr Literature Essay
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Homer had to contend with a father who believed in diehard traditions and a superior, athletic football star brother. Homer received friendship and aid from many people in his town with close community ties.
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Comparison of Three Different Novels Literature Essay
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Emma, in contrast to Huck, is exposed to certain parts of society but is also very sheltered which causes her to have problems accepting other peoples’ points of view. Asher Lev, like Emma, is very sheltered as a youth, as he grows up in a tightly knit Jewish community. Asher is similar to both Huck and Emma.
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The Poem Still I Rise Literature Essay
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Generally speaking, the poem “Still I rise” is a tribute to the invincible spirit of the African American people, both in the past and in the present. This poem symbolizes the inner strength of the race that was oppressed under the bonds of slavery but cannot be kept down because of the power of their spirit.
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Franz Kafkas The Metamorphosis Literature Essay
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Franz Kafka is so obsessed with his need to get up from bed to go to work that he cannot change his attitude towards his compulsion to attend office even when he realizes that he has become a bug. He struggles to approximate normality as he struggles with his new physical body.
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Perspective in The Great Gatsby Literature Essay
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According to the essay, it is clear that although Nick seems to be the perfect narrator for the story because of his proximity to Gatsby and his relationship to Daisy, these relationships serve to deepen his cynicism and sour his opinion of the higher classes. Nick’s relationship to Gatsby is forged primarily because he lives next door.
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Folklore with Witches: The Juniper Tree Literature Essay
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This story utilizes a great deal of symbolism to tell the story of divine justice and retribution. Much of the action takes place under the Juniper Tree, which was typically associated in folklore with witches and the unnatural things they could do with their magic. This is reinforced by the blood sacrifice, however accidental.
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Heart of Darkness: London as the Center of the Civilized World Literature Research Paper
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In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, the main character Marlow continuously calls into question the modern assumptions that are made by his listeners as well as his readers, blurring the lines between inward and outward. The bulk of the book concentrates on Marlowe’s telling of his adventures on the Congo River.
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Fahrenheit 9/11 and Propaganda Literature Essay
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Propaganda does not have to be political; many groups from Evangelic Christians to hate groups use propaganda. Normally propaganda does not cross into the mass entertainment documentary arena, but Michael Moore’s films are an exception.
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Mans inner darkness the heart of darkness Literature Essay
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This essay demonstrates that the main protagonist in the story is Marlow, who sets out on an obsessive quest - a journey down the coastline of Africa into its deepest jungles, to find Kurtz - he also faces the same darkness but is able to get out before it is too late. Civilization is a very important underlying theme in the book.
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A Small, Good Thing: Catharsis and Spiritual Renewal Literature Essay
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The author states that Anne is wrapped up in the secluded world of the motherhood, which includes only her and Scotty. She is affronted by the bakers’ lack of interest in the details of her child’s life. Scotty’s accident shatters her familiar world and she is disoriented: “Howard? I don’t understand”
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Iron Thunderhorse's Life Literature Essay
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According to the paper Iron Thunderhorse was born as Fred Capallo to an Italian man and an Indian woman. He is the Grand Sachem or the Chief medicine man of the tribe known as the Quinnipiac Renapi. The tribe is located on the bank of Quinnipiac River in Connecticut. Iron Thunderhorse is the direct descendant of the last matriarch.
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The Assignation by Joyce Oates Literature Book Report/Review
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The opening of “Tick” begins with a woman, the narrator, and her husband separating.  When the husband calls to reconcile, the narrator responds, “I’m happy here alone—I’ve gotten through the worst of it.  Don’t spoil my happiness again” (Oates, 10).  The narrator does not mean this, she is just being prideful.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez Literature Essay
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How is it possible to read One Hundred Years of Solitude as the history of the Columbian banana massacres of 1928, or Del Amor y Otros Demonios, as the history of colonialism and the true story of Saint Cajetan of Thiene and his well-recorded relation with the Augustinian nun, Laura Magnani?
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The Question of Politics in Literature Literature Essay
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.  These works that show glimpses at least and directly address politics at most include William Blake’s “London” from the Romantic period, Charles Dickens’ Hard Times from the Victorian era, Rudyard Kipling’s “Man Who Would Be King” from the later Victorian era and George Orwell’s 1984 written in the period known simply as the 20th century.
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The Passage of a Black Man from the State of Innocence and Maturity Literature Essay
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The theme of identity is analyzed along with the additional focus towards how a man transfers from the state of being an innocence to maturity. The narrator, like other black men, lives through a condition that is under the complete control of the white men. He develops his beliefs towards every action and rule of the whites, beginning from his school days.
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Identity Formation and the Borderlands Literature Book Report/Review
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Anzaldua’s book makes up an appealing thought-provoking complicated autobiographical work that has significantly led to the construction of Chicana and “mestiza” collective identity. The author narrates her experience of spiritual awakening and growth as well as her introduction to self-knowledge. This experience is not for her consumption alone.  The author delineates the social implications of spirituality as a source of power. 
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The Latin American Literature Literature Essay
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His writings, whether his novels, plays, poems, short stories, political articles or polemical songs, are both reflective and critical of the political discontent and socio-cultural idiosyncrasies which were fomenting throughout and characteristic of Latin American/Uruguayan politics and society. 
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To Sensibility by Helen Maria Williams Literature Essay
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It is essential to state that by examining Helen Maria Williams’ poem “To Sensibility” and comparing its findings with the image presented in William Blake’s “London”, one can begin to gain an appreciation for the subtleties involved in trying to define exactly what Sensibility meant to these people.
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The Merchant of Venice Literature Essay
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“The author states that it is Portia and not Antonio or Bassanio that saves the day, and it is Portia who accomplishes the almost impossible. She does not rely on emotions but on logic while handling the situation, another trait usually possessed by male protagonists. Shakespeare makes Portia, the heroine, in essence, the hero.
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Beloved by Toni Morrison Literature Literature review
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The immediate answer is that this is the story of a woman who killed her child and must now live with the guilt of that. It could also be classified as a ghost story, as the manifestations of the baby become more and more pronounced and more and more obvious to all. We must consider the answers to what is ‘it’ referring to; an answer.
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The Treatment Of Nature In The Country-House Poems Literature Essay
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The Description of Cooke-ham”, on the other hand, centers around Margaret Clifford, Countess of Cumberland, Anne Clifford, Countess of Dorset and later to be Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery in the background of Cooke-ham which was their temporary refuge for a while where Aemilia accompanied them.
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Parallels and Contrast in the Color Purple and the Handmaids Tale Literature Book Report/Review
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Atwood has gone to great length to make the reader feel a little less comfortable at the end of her story; refusing to give the reader the satisfaction even of knowing what ultimately became of the young protagonist. While Walker gives the reader the comfort zone. The many parallels that exist between the two works come to an abrupt end at the end of each story as the reader’s imagination takes a distinct right and left turns respectively.
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William Shakespeare: Much Ado About Nothing Literature Essay
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The author of the research touches upon peculiarities of the comedies by William Shakespeare. Reportedly, Shakespeare's use of disguises ironically reveals that a character's happiness depends on the individual's ability to develop into his or her true identity, which, unlike a false identity, is made up of the characteristics of the individual.
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Johnathan Swift and Laurence Sterne Literature Essay
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The author explains that nevertheless both authors have certain peculiarities and there is a great difference between them. The first one is that they belonged to the same epoch, they lived in different time. Jonathan Swift created his works at the edge of the centuries what is often accompanied by great changes in the life of every society.
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The Existing Body of Contemporary Literature Literature Research Paper
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As pertains to contemporary English literature, contemporary multicultural English literature would be that body of written work by authors whose work comes to fruition during the twentieth century, incorporating themes and characters of cultural diversity; such as the works of Salman Rushdie, wherein Rushdie’s work.
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Comparison of Middle-Class Masculinity in Charlotte Brontes Jane Eyre and Charles Dickens Hard Times Literature Essay
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The literature and culture of Victorian Britain were entirely different from what we see it today. Times, no doubt, were definitely changing, and society was not as convenient as it used to be in the 18th century. But the metamorphosis was taking place at a very slow, almost unrecognizable pace, and the genteel society was unprepared for being shocked.
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The War Prayer by Mark Twain Literature Literature review
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Real patriotism would not mean to be a person that valiantly carries a sword, riding a horse, and beheads other people to bring honor for one’s country. It is a radical idea that to make a patriot is to shed blood. It is but through, that heroes appear during wars, but many people have died first before that patriot has been declared as a patriot.
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Collision of Ancient and Modern in Fantasy Literature Literature Essay
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While the humans believe in the power of God, at the same time they don’t rule out the potentiality of harm from evil sources that they don’t know about. Thus, humans basically don’t expect God to resolve all their problems. The primaeval fear inhabiting the human conscience instigates in him a threat perception towards the unknown. 
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Creons Development of Political Authority in Antigone Literature Essay
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Antigone is a play that deals with many political ideas: among them the appropriate amount of power, adherence to unjust laws, the effect of personal animosity on political decisions and, covering perhaps all of these the idea of physical force, the most absolute type of power, as is expressed within the phrase the “alliance of spears”.
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Critical Analysis of The Journey of the Magi Literature Essay
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Eliot skillfully uses a wealth of imagery and symbolism to highlight this poignant recital of one mans’ pilgrimage of faith and self-discovery, which is widely acknowledged to reflect the poets’ own journey from agnosticism to belief and his conversion to the Anglican Church in 1927 - the year in which The Journey of the Magi was written.
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Elements of Greek Fatalism in Rivas Don lvaro Literature Essay
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Doña Leonor’s father took efforts to warn don Álvaro of his inability to overcome these societal norms, denying his request for the doña’s hand and then hiding Leonor away to protect them both from the impending fate. At the same time, don Álvaro does not succumb to this denial; rather, he reaches out. 
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Edward Saids Orientalism and its Implication for Reading Literary Texts Literature Research Proposal
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The bibliography provided here is subject to change, depending on each work’s relevance to the overall dissertation. As of this proposal, the bibliography is extensive but intended to show a vast body of work exists from which to select, and from which to draw upon in working through and writing this dissertation.
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Self-Love as Motive for Murder in My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover Literature Book Report/Review
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The speakers of Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover” are both men who took the lives of the women who loved them, for somewhat different reasons. Porphyria’s lover might, at first glance, appear crazed by love, but the love soon reveals itself to be self-love rather than love of his sweetheart.
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