Robert Brownings poem My Last Duchess‚ is a great poem about a very colorful character and his trials with jealously‚ control‚ and marriage. Throughout the poem the reader is able to gather that it is about a Duke who is entertaining an emissary who has come to negotiate the Dukes next marriage. As the Duke is entertaining the emissary‚ the he takes the opportunity to show a portrait of his late wife‚ or as the poem titles says his last duchess. The Duke upon showing the portrait‚ almost immediately
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Tecca Zimmerman Lit and Society Professor Peresie 4/10/12 The Worth of My Last Duchess Worthwhile literature has four basic elements‚ or characteristics that help to qualify a work as a worthwhile piece of literature. The four characteristics that help determine a piece of literature to be worthy of reading and studying are that it creates a lasting impression‚ it stretches the reader’s imagination‚ it is an aesthetically pleasing experience‚ and finally‚ it communicates across cultural
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Discuss My Last Duchess as an example of a well constructed dramatic monologue. Robert Browning used the poetic device of the dramatic monologue in his poem "My Last Duchess." One advantage of using this device is that it allows the speaker’s own words to reveal‚ celebrate‚ or‚ in this case‚ condemn his behavior. The speaker in "My Last Duchess" is the Duke‚ loosely based on the historical figure‚ the Duke of Ferrara whose own young wife died under mysterious circumstances. Browning writes the
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Robert Browning sets the tone of "My Last Duchess‚" by using three significant poetic techniques‚ one of which is imagery. Browning uses the Duke’s monologue to sketch out images in the reader’s mind of the Duchess herself‚ and the sinister personality of the Duke. Browning also uses another key device‚ which is diction to illustrate the darkness in this poem. Browning’s careful word choice adds to the description of the Duchess and perhaps her disgraceful behavior‚ as well as the Duke’s terrifying
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Although they are famous works by two different famous poets‚ "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning and "Ulysses" by Alfred Lord Tennyson share many similarities. Both poems are examples of dramatic monologues‚ in that they consist entirely of the speech of the main character. As a result they both have very few stanzas. "My Last Duchess" is set in Italy during the Renaissance period. In this poem the Duke is talking to his prospective father-in-law’s servant about a painting of his former wife. Ulysses
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The famous "My Last Duchess"‚ the Duke of Earl always messenger introduction portrait of his late wife‚ in his conversation‚ we can understand the attitude of the Duke‚ Browning from the perspective of a third party to explain their feelings‚ so People and authors and readers evocative‚ poet monologue tone so that people imagine in the mind of a virtual audience‚ and let the reader from the characters theatrical monologue reasoning and imagination‚ try to figure out the author’s point of view. This
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In “My Last Duchess”‚ the duke’s deplorable wickedness makes the split between moral judgment and our actual feeling for him especially apparent. The effect created by the tension between sympathy and judgment is a striking characteristic of dramatic monologues. Throughout the poem‚ the Duke’s poise and wonderful taste for art makes the reader take on a sympathetic attitude toward the Duke. When the Duke shows his power and desire to control‚ however‚ we begin to question the Duke’s character and
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EN238 2/10/14 Tone in “My Last Duchess” “My Last Duchess‚” by Robert Browning is renowned for being an ideal model of a dramatic monologue. He employs the primary elements of a dramatic monologue to produce a poem that compels his readers to interpret the poem from a psychological perspective‚ and thus form opinions or conclusions about the poem’s subjects. Furthermore‚ Browning utilizes the speaker’s tone in unison with a dramatic monologue’s primary features in order to enhance the portrayal
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My Last Duchess 1. The speaker of the poem is the Duke of Ferrara who is indeed a very strict individual and demanding and always wants to be pleased. 2. He is speaking to the father of the woman that he wants to marry. The appropriate audience would be the family of the woman. 3. The word persona is applicable because it is interpreted in first person‚ Duke Ferrara’s perspective. 4. The dramatic situation is when the Duke is negotiating his art gallery in order for the father to agree on
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Through “My Last Duchess”‚ Browning exposes the innermost characteristics of the Duke of Ferrara. The Duke is the speaker of the poem and is hashing out the details of another marriage with an emissary from a Count when he draws a curtain to reveal a magnificent fresco of the Duke’s Last Duchess. The emissary voices a question about the expression on her face‚ an “earnest glance” of “depth and passion” (line 8)‚ prompting the Duke’s monologue. Looking upon the artwork‚ the Duke praises “Fra Pandolf’s
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