English 2323 - Study Questions “My Last Duchess” – Robert Browning 1. What is the setting for this poem? This poem takes place in the palace of Alfonso II who is the Duke of Ferrara in Italy. 2. Who is the Duke speaking to? The Duke is entertaining an ambassador type person who has come to arrange the marriage of the duke and a daughter of a very wealthy and powerful family. What are they both looking at? They are looking at a painting of the Duke’s last “duchess” or wife that
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References: Curcio‚ G.‚ Ferrara‚ M.‚ & De Gennaro‚ L. (2006‚ January 1). Sleep loss‚ learning capacity‚ and academic performance. Retrieved December 14‚ 2014‚ from http://kvccdocs.com/KVCC/2013-Spring/PSY101-OLA/content/L-04/sleep-loss.pdf Gomes‚ A. A.‚ Tavares‚ J.‚ & de Azevedo
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References: Ferrara‚ P. (2013‚ February 07). The Worst Five Years Since Great Depression. Retrieved December 6‚ 2014‚ from Forbes Magazine: http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterferrara/2013/02/07/the-worst-five-years-since-the-great-depression Norris‚ F. (2012‚ December
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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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Browning’s poems‚ "My Last Duchess" is written as a dramatic monologue: one speaker relates the entire poem as if to another person present with him. This format suits this poem particularly well because the speaker‚ taken to be the Duke of Ferrara‚ comes across as being very controlling‚ especially in conversation. For example‚ he seems jealous that he was not able to monopolize his former duchess’ smiles for himself. He also seems to direct the actions of the person he is addressing
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stage speaking to an audience. Certainly‚ you are part of that audience‚ but the poem usually implies that the speaker is mainly talking to a specific person(s). Summary This poem is loosely based on historical events involving Alfonso‚ the Duke of Ferrara‚ who lived in the 16th century. The Duke is the speaker of the poem‚ and tells us he is entertaining an emissary who has come to negotiate the Duke’s marriage (he has recently been widowed) to the daughter of another powerful family. As he shows the
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