Ferrara Essays

Pan’s Labyrinth: Analysis Ofelia and Captain Vidal in Cronus Complex Abstract Guillermo Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth locates the story within the context of the Spanish post-civil-war. Mythical elements play a leading role in the film when the totalitarian system of social control that Francisco Franco’s fascist system established during the post- war period function as the underlying reference in the film’s narrative. Ofelia, the child main character, enters a mysterious world to escape the horrors

The Duke of Ferrara is the main of this poem as he gives description of his last wife. He is telling this story to a messenger who came from another country. The Duke was planning to marry the princess of that country. The poem starts with the Duke pointing towards a painting of the Last Duchess made by Fra Pandolf. Although the speaker, the Duke of Ferrara, is speaking of this servant in a negative manner, he wishes his wife not to be bossy towards him. He wishes to have total control. He emphasizes

The Duke of Ferrara is the main character of the poem ‘My Last Duchess’. He is telling about his last wife to a Count’s messenger from another country. The Duke was planning to marry the Count’s daughter of that country. The poem starts with the Duke pointing towards a painting of the Last Duchess made by Fra Pandolf. Although the speaker, the Duke of Ferrara, is speaking of this servant in a negative manner, he wishes to boss around his wife. He wishes to have total control. In this famous poem

Demise of Last Duchess Ferrara, a man angered and saddened by the loss of his duchess, sought the Count’s daughter for a hand in marriage. As the duke walked back to the dining room, he wiped away a growing tear. “Good evening, gentlemen. My apologies for the delay.” The guests continued to mumble amongst their thoughts. “Gentlemen,” stated the duke as he took his seat. The room fell quiet as all eyes turned to Ferrara. He cleared his throat. “I am grateful for you all joining

What is the definition of an American? Being American does not mean being a part of a specific race or religion. Although being born in the United States or taking the citizenship test and passing it does make you an American physically, but does it give you the American mentality? Regardless of the language and ethnic diversity that has thrived in America, it is the mutual principle of freedom, equality, and the aspiration of prosperity that makes a true American.     The people of the United States

behavior” (Ferrara et al. 96). The Pizzagate story shows how fake news can influence actual people and events, but it also points to a deeper issue of the growing influence of social bots who propagated this false

Americans are people who follow the American dream, but the American dream is unachievable and has Paradoxes in it. This is proven in the articles “What is an American: a Primer” written by Peter Ferrara, “Drill, Grill and Chill” written by Maureen Dowd and John Steinbeck’s “Paradox and dream”. In Peter Ferrara’s article, titled “What is an American: a Primer” written on, September twenty-fifth two thousand and one, he claims that an American is any person who is looking for a better life for themselves

Communism can be summarized in this sleek maxim, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need” (“What is Communism”). Communism as we know it today is based on the writings of two German economists, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels (“What is Communism”). In their book “The Communist Manifesto” published in 1848 they argued that the problems in society were caused by an unequal distribution of wealth (“What is Communism”). In order to obtain happiness for all the distinctions between

“Harrison Bergeron,” written by Kurt Vonnegut at the time of the Cold War, is a short story that takes place in a future world of the year 2081 where the Handicapper General and the law force the beautiful to wear masks, the intelligent to wear earpieces that disrupt their thoughts, and the athletic to wear heavy physical restraints, so that everyone may be equal in the categories of beauty, intelligence, and athleticism; a world where the people “[are] equal in every which way.” (Vonnegut 1) What

As Abel Ferrara once said “As barbaric as we are, it’s a miracle we haven 't blown ourselves off the face of the earth” in this quote, Ferrara is discussing how we all are barbaric and how we haven 't destroyed everything because of it. This is also shown in the short story by Frank Stockton called “The lady or The Tiger”. This story is about a barbaric kings way of punishing criminals and offenders. Its starts with the the author describing the kings barbaric ways. Shows how criminals and offenders

Robert Browning, author of “My Last Duchess,” is an author with my many characteristics of writing. He depicts the evil in the world and shows the masks that people wear. The trigger for these characteristics in his writing is, “his love affair with Elizabeth Barrett”, which sent him on a journey of drama that ended in his wife’s death (Greenblatt 710). The death of his wife influenced the way Browning wrote. The prominent characteristics that I feel Browning uses in, “My Last Duchess,” is masks

Gun control has been an idea since the 1800s, Gun regulations can be good and bad. History has shown that banning firearms from the populace led to disaster and civil unrest. ¨We the People¨ in the United States are very divided when it comes to dealing with gun control and regulations for gun ownership. Banning guns increase fatalities, decreases personal protection and safety, and prohibits citizens from their constitutional rights. The 2nd amendment of the United States is ¨The right of the

logical understanding. The rights cannot be violated because the Government deems it to be politically incorrect, The rights of the people are not being read broadly enough and the misinterpretation leads to ignorance and irrational fear of firearms. ( Ferrara, 1) The District of Columbia´s ban on firearms is totally unconstitutional and a violation of American Liberty. The Mayor, Adrian Fenty argues that since the ban crime rates have dropped; This is a complete fallacy. Since the 1976 ban murder

liberal thinker, not consistent with libertarian and conservative views” (Stuckey 85). In a private correspondence to Hattenhauer, Vonneut shared with him that his “sympathy for ‘Losers’ influenced the writing of ‘Harrison Bergeron’”(388). Moore and Ferrara cite “Harrison Bergeron” as supporting Robert Nozick’s view “Whoever makes something, having bought or contracted for all other held resources used in the process…is in entitled to it” (30). However, Nozick’s “’every man for himself’ attitude is inconsistent

that Cesare Borgia, Lucrezia's older brother, murdered Lucrezia’s son produced by this marriage. At the age of 22, Lucrezia was again divorced and remarried, this time to the Duke of Ferrara, Alfonso d’este. She remained in Ferrara until her death in 1519, where she became a devoted wife and mother, and influence in Ferrara politics and social life, and a noted patron of the arts. (sparknotes) Although it didn’t happen until close to the end of her life and although she didn’t get much independence,

Dona Gracia Nasi was born in 1510. It has been suggested that her family was among the Jews of Spain who fled Spain during the Inquisition to Portugal but were then forced to convert and were baptized in 1497. Dona Gracia, born Beatrice De Luna, went on to become one of the most known pre-modern advocates for Jewish freedom as well as known for her fight against adversity and devotion to Jewish life. Throughout the book, ‘The House of Nasi: Dona Gracia’ by Cecil Roth, we follow then Beatrice through

Renaissance means “rebirth.” Jacob Burkhardt created the concept of it in his book The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy. He portrayed Italy as the birthplace of the modern world in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Renaissance Italy was an urban society. By the mid-fourteenth century, it was mostly a land of independent cities that dominated the country districts around them. The interest in Greek and Roman culture affected activities as diverse as politics and art as well as ways that

The Comparing of the Tones In T.S Eliot’s “Journey of the Magi” and Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” the monologues are completely different. What makes these dramatic monologues different is the tone they are written in because it gives a different visual representation of the speaker. Reading T.S Eliot’s monologue we hear a sad and worried tone compared Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” that has a slower and a neural tone which makes one feels that he does not care about his circumstances

just be too much for students and therefore they cannot or choose not to attend. However, editors Miranda Herbert Ferrara and Michele P. LaMeau trust that it is favorable for students to take out loans, stating, “The most common type of U.S. federal loan is the Stafford loan, which is available to both undergraduate and graduate students who attend college at least half time” (Ferrara and LaMeau. par. 6). Therefore, loans can be beneficial to a student wanting to attend college. The Future of Children

1. Introduction In Italy, the Renaissance took place in larger cities such as Florence, Rome or Venice. By looking for links between the state of economy and the state of the culture, more particularly the material culture, we can see that art was of great importance and that paintings followed the trade routes. Italian countries exported art and artists to Central Europe, for example Leonardo and Rosso went to France and their paintings travelled both directions. Pictures from Florence were shipped