Describe two ways in which the narrator of “My Last Duchess” shows himself to be other than the kind, generous, martyred husband that he describes himself to be in the poem.

Write only 4-6 sentences for each question. 1.Describe two ways in which the narrator of “My Last Duchess” shows himself to be other than the kind, generous, martyred husband that he describes himself to be in the poem.2.Discuss how the images and metaphors in the following passage add to the overall meaning of Thomas Carlyle’s essay on democracy and work:Of an idle unrevolving man the kindest Destiny, like the most assiduous Potter without wheel, can bake and knead nothing other than a botch; let her spend on him what expensive colouring, what gilding and enamelling she will, he is but a botch. Not a dish; no, a bulging, kneaded, crooked, shambling, squint-cornered amorphous botch, — a mere vessel of dishonour! Let the idle think of this. 5.In what poem does the following passage appear, and what does the imagery convey in terms of the poem’s overall theme(s)?:Listen! you hear the grating roarOf pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling,At their return, up the high strand,Begin, and cease, and then again begin,With tremulous cadence slow, and bringThe eternal note of sadness in.Where is the passage from? Who wrote it? How does text reflect (or comment on) values of the period? Any significant background info? What is the text as a whole about? What’s happening in the passage? Why is it significant? Is the style of the text significant? Explain any figurative language. How does passage or its figurative language fit into the rest of the text? Don’t limit yourself to plot summary; look closely at the actual passage and discuss it.7.Identify the poem from which these lines are taken and comment on why this speaker wants to travel?Tho’ much is taken, much abides; and tho’ We are not now that strength which in old days Moved heaven and earth; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.8.Identify the poet and poem. What is the comment being made in this stanza?And moving thro’ a mirror clearThat hangs before her all the year,Shadows of the world appear.9.“It is because criticism has so little kept in the pure intellectual sphere, has so little detached itself from practice, has been so directly polemical and controversial, that it has so ill accomplished, its best spiritual work: which is to keep man from a self-satisfaction which is retarding and vulgarizing, to lead him towards perfection, by making his mind dwell upon what is excellent in itself.”What is the function ascribed to criticism in this passage? What accounts for this special status accorded to criticism?

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