The name is monumental in the world of jazz, who else but Duke Ellington would come to mind when thinking of the music that formed the 1920's and shaped later music to what it is today. Undoubtedly one of the most accomplished musicians of all time and the forefront leader of the jazz world. Duke didn't always have music on his mind though.
Duke, Born Edward Kennedy Ellington was born April 29th ,1899 the son of James.
William Ellington and Daisy Kennedy Ellington. They lived In Washington, moving out of the deep south just prior to Dukes birth to escape failing agriculture and the implementation of the Jim Crow laws. They lived comfortably in the middle class.
Duke was given his nickname by his friends and family, and it stuck with him throughout his life. As a child Duke's family listened to music that had black roots such as ragtime. The family considered jazz something to radical, new and vulgar though for there sophistication so it did not have a strong presence in his early childhood. When Duke was about seven his parents had arranged for him to take piano lessons. This at the time was seemingly not for him as it did not stick long. He would rather spend his free time outside playing sports such as baseball. His first job actually came as a peanut concession sales men for the Washington Senators, this served as a valuable experiance as good practice for the boy entertaining people.
Duke's interest in becoming involved in music developed around the age of thirteen when he realized that music could be used to gain popularity in a growing age of girls and parties. He set off in search of music lessons on his own rather than asking his parents for an instructor who would teach him unimportant things and have him practice them for hours on end, he decided to do things his own way. He began to hang around Frank Holliday's hang out the Pool Room which was next to the famous Howard Theater.
The story begins in a private gallery within the duke's estate. The initial focus was on a painting of the duke's last Duchess. ... The duke wanted his wife to reserve her joy for only himself. ... It seems that as the duke justifies his pretenses, the listener and reader become more unsympathetic with the views of the duke. ... The next point revolves around the duke's passion for art. ...
The figurative language in "My Last Duchess" describes the Duke's dissatisfaction with his late wife. ... Browning expresses the Duke's murder of his wife as "all smiles stopped together." ... The Duke's monologue has a slight undertone of satire, which enables the reader to understand the depth of the Duke's animosity for his late wife. ... Browning employs the long "a" sound to describe the Duke's wife. ... The rhythm of "My Last Duchess" acts as a foil of the Duke's emotions. ...
Gill Wylie, James Buchanan Duke, and William States Lee founded Duke Energy in the early 1900's with the Catawba Power Company. ... This major growth expansion provided Duke Energy with the means to expand. ... ("Duke Energy's History," n.d). ... Now when we look at Duke Energy's ROA (profit after tax/total assets) it is very low at 1.5% with a running five-year average of 2.5%, this low ratio provides a better look at the ROE in comparison due to the amount of debt Duke Energy has (Duke Energy's Sec10k, 2011) Conclusion After reviewing Duke Energy's Histor...
The Grand Old Duke of York. ... The Duke turns out to be Frederick Augustus, son of King George III. "Frederick was the "The Grand Old Duke of York", celebrated in the nursery rhyme for marching his men up to the top of the hill and marching them down, a commentary on his unsuccessful Flanders campaign of 1793-99" (Mills). ...
The Duke of "My Last Duchess" Outline Thesis: The Duke of Ferrara, the speaker is a jealous, arrogant and hypocrite man who was very controlling over his dead wife I. The Duke's desire of control is displayed with each one of his actions A. ... "My last Duchess" is spoken from the perspective of the Duke and conveys the Duke's personality through the literary form of a dramatic monologue. ... "The Duke can finally keep all her smiles to himself" (Beckham). ... The Duke's possessive personality starts showing. ...
The reader is directed to imagine the Duke walking with the envoy through his art gallery and the Duke stops to show him a painting of his last Duchess that is presently covered by a curtain. ... The Duke states that the Duchess was easily pleased by a compliment and through small favors from a servant or other insignificant people, a quality that the Duke could not tolerate. ... The Duke "gave commands; then all smiles stopped together- (45-46). ... As they pass by another piece in his gallery the Duke casually says. ... This monologue as spoken by the Duke represents many definitive traits...
In this poem the speaker, the duke of Ferrara, is speaking to another character who is the representative of a Count whose daughter the duke plans to marry. The duke shows the representative a portrait of his first wife. ... The duke makes this known that she showed no pride. ... The duke felt that she should derive pleasure essentially only from himself. ... As the poem ends, the duke puts himself on the same level as the duke and makes them an equal, to only get what he wants, a new wife. ...
The Duke is an extremely jealous and possessive man. ... The Duke boasts, "This grew, I gave commands; Then all smiles stopped together." (520. 45-46) The Duke had his wife murdered. 2 The Duke's psychotic behavior was motivated by jealousy. ... The duke was conceited, obsessive, arrogant, and worse of all murderous! ... One would think that the Duke would try to put his best foot forward. ... The Duke is a self-centered man with a serious psychological problem. ...
