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    of France as well when his maternal grandfather‚ Charles VI passed two months later. Due to his minority‚ a council of regents was appointed to handle the governance from Henry V’s relations: brothers Humphrey‚ Duke of Gloucester and John‚ Duke of Bedford‚ his uncle Thomas Beaufort‚ Duke of Exeter‚ and another uncle‚ Henry Beaufort‚ Bishop of Winchester. Bedford also served as Henry VI’s heir. Henry V left England at the height of its power‚ with his devastating victory in the Battle of Agincourt

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    couldn’t move‚ she was just in shock of what she sees. Finally‚ she ran over to Duke‚ who was still laughing on the ground. “Duke! Duke‚ stop this. What happened?” Daisy shook him repeatedly and finally he came to his senses. To Daisy it looked like Duke had been in some sort of trance. “Wha- what happened?” Duke asked while holding his head. Daisy looked at him in shock‚ “that’s what I was going to ask you!” “I-I don’t know‚” Duke stuttered‚ “I don’t know what happened. All I remember is you leaving‚ and

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    Tracks: 4 Chapter 1: Introduction 5 1.1 Rigoletto: Opera by Verdi 5 1.2 Rigoletto: Piano Transcription by Liszt 6 Chapter 2: Characters in Rigoletto 8 2.1 The Duke 8 2.2 Maddalena 9 2.3 Gilda 9 2.4 Rigoletto 9 Chapter 3: Analysis 10 3.1 Characterization 10 3.1 Characterization in Rigoletto Paraphrase 10 3.1.1 Character 1: The Duke 10 3.2.2 Character 2: Maddalena 16 3.2.3 Character 3: Gilda 21 3.2.4 Character 4: Rigoletto 25 Chapter 4: Conclusion 28 Chapter 5: Bibliography 30 Books:

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    explores the idea of love through his characterisation of Viola and Duke Orsino. Andy Fickman’s film modernised Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night through the change of some parts of the play and updating them. Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night is the original text of She’s the Man. Twelfth Night explores the key idea of hidden identity through the characterisation of Duke Orsino from Twelfth Night. Accordingly In Twelfth Night‚ in relation to Duke Orsino an example of hidden

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    duke’s production of the Royal Nonesuch as well as Huck and Jim’s pleasant journey down the Mississippi after escaping the family feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepardsons. Leading up to the performance of the Royal Nonesuch‚ the king and the duke attract an all-male audience in a small town in Arkansas for a so-called “tragedy”‚ and make signs promising lewdness in the performance. Conversely‚ the protagonists of the novel‚ Huck and Jim‚ are depicted as noble characters on the outskirts of

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    gender tropes. One of the clearest similarities between Rosalind and Viola lies in that they disguise themselves as a result of losing the protection of a male familial figure. After losing her father Duke Senior to banishment‚ Rosalind finds herself banished by the rash cruelty of her uncle‚ Duke Frederick. Rosalind adopts her male disguise not as a way to purposefully subvert her feminine nature‚ then‚ but out of sheer necessity: Alas‚ what danger will it be to us‚ Maids as we are‚ to travel

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    answered? In Venice‚ the Court convenes for Antonio’s trial. The duke of Venice greets Antonio and expresses pity for him‚ calling Shylock an inhuman monster who can summon neither pity nor mercy. Antonio says he knows the duke has done all that he can to lawfully counter Shylock’s malicious intentions‚ and that since nothing else can be done‚ Antonio will respond to Shylock’s rage “with a quietness of spirit” (IV.i.11). The duke summons Shylock into the courtroom and addresses him‚ saying that

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    and reconciliation. This is brought out by the analogue stories of the 2 sets of brothers. Thus‚ duke fredrick usurps the dukedom of hos older brother Duke Ferdinand who os besides known as collectable of age(p) and forces him to escape to the forest of arden. Similarly oliver unjustly usurps the heritage of orlandoBesides‚ Duke senior has also usurped the endemic dwelling place of the deer. duke senior:come‚shall we go and stamp out us vension? and yet it irks me the scant(p) dappled fools‚being

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    a perfect example of one of the characters within this play who uses his deceptive nature for evil and only for the gratification of himself. He is given a very superior and authoritative role by Vincentio‚ the Duke‚ and extends his powers to the most extreme of measures. Unlike the Duke‚ Angelo is stern and goes to the furthest extent to have his voice be heard. This complex play allows the reader to see two sides of Angelo‚ his outer angel and his inner devil. By exploring the reasons for which

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    herself as a male and serve duke orsino. But unfortunately for viola‚ fate was not on her side‚ and this disguise which was meant to assist her only turned out to be a bigger burden in time to come. Complications also arose when viola fell in love with her master‚ duke orsino‚ while at the same time had the love interest of orsino‚ the countess Olivia‚ trying to woo her. This placed viola in an extremely difficult and complex situation – on one hand‚ she loved the duke and would have liked to

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