Grand duke

Postmodern literature draws attention to its status as fictional to break down barriers between reality and illusion. The boundaries between ‘real’ and ‘fake’ are no longer clear, because identity is socially constructed. In White Noise and Nights at the Circus, characters such as Sophie Fevvers and Jack Gladney have fabricated personas, and they exaggerate these roles so that their audiences cannot tell the difference between what the characters perform and their ‘true’ nature. There are many Matryoshka

Francesco I de’ Medici, who also known as the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Being different from his ancestors, Francesco was only interested in searching bizarre and fascinating art pieces for his own eyes. Francesco was obsessed amassing exotic objects for his whole life. Thus, he has built himself a private chamber to store his own collections. The death of the republicanism brought a turning point for the Medici in 1532. In 1564, when Francesco’s father, Grand Duke Cosimo, the First handed over control of

In existing scholarship, Francesco I de’ Medici, was regarded as an absentee grand duke ”. He was quiet, anemic and not born to be an aggressive warrior. Both approaches have contributed to the long lives of many rumors concerning Francesco that developed in his own time, such as those that suggested his debauched sexual habits and

Modesta Pozzo or Moderata Fonte (Venice, 1555-­1592), although little known to modern criticism before around 1980, is now recognized as one of the most accessible and appealing of sixteenth century Italian women writers. Her best known work is the dialogue Il merito delle donne (The Worth of Women), which was published posthumously in 1600, and is one of the liveliest and most original contributions to early modern debate on sex roles, as well as one of the earliest to have been authored by a woman

Chaos, Adjustment, Balance? A civilization cannot thrive or begin without disorder, reformation, and stability. These three elements show the imbalance in a culture, the effort to change what is, and the ideal way a society should be. The Epoch theory embodies these three things. In the high renaissance, Savonarola’s unexpected take over from the Medici Family can be seen as a representation of the Epoch Theory. During a time in history when art and money were dominated by this wealthy family,

that evening she was marrying the Marquess of Hamilton, son of the Duke of Hamilton. The previous day, her mother had sent an urgent message to Theresia to come to the palace and help with last minute wedding preparations. She also suggested Theresia bring her daughter with her to help the princess. Karolina and Theresia traveled overnight by carriage and by train all the way to Mannheim from the small village of Sulz, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, a distance of over 160 kilometers. When they arrived

Proverbs 11:13 A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret. In the year 1560, in England lived two girls and they were cousins. Their names are Lady Rose Woodly and Lady Alice Woodly. They were both daughters of a wealthy Duke and Duchess. Rose was kindhearted, beautiful inside and out, and smart. Alice was not so kind, she was self-centered, and although she was smart she spent most of her time pretending to be clueless just to annoy people. Alice On a Sunday I came over

In literature, the theme that everything has its opposite is a well-repeated one. Following this theme is the one that, with value comes the meaningless. Shakespeare brings this theme up numerous times in his play, "The Tempest"--sometimes blatantly, other times hidden through extended metaphor. Using the motif of insubstantiality in everything, Shakespeare brings attention to the tangibility of all that is wanted. He focuses on how all can end and easily be taken away, regardless of its purpose

In other words, he, the Duke, controls the Duchess; or he wishes to control his Duchess. The Duke wouldn’t want anyone to see the portrait of his Duchess, with her blushed cheeks, unless he was there. The same can be inferred from the last few lines of the poem, line 54-55, “Notice Neptune, though,/Taming a sea-horse, thought a rarity,/ Which Claus of Innsbruck cast in bronze for me!” The Duke is implying, that he himself is Neptune, and his last Duchess is

The Duke of Ferrara is a character and the speaker in the poem “My Last Duchess,” by Robert Browning. The reader witnesses a man that is controlling and whom will destroy anything that he cannot control. One realizes immediately, the extent of the Duke’s need for power in the title and in the first line when he uses the term “My” which shows ownership (Browning). The Duke cannot control the Duchess’s “spot of joy,” (Browning line 21) therefore; he commands to have her killed (Browning line 45). He