Friar Pandolf's Poem 'My Last Duchess'
1. What was this poem’s expressive purpose?
The poem’s expressive purpose is to explain to the Count’s servant why he, the Duke, doesn’t have a Duchess anymore. The first line of the poem, “That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall, looking as if she were alive,” hints of the last Duchess’s death and the rest of the poem elaborates on the complete story of the last Duchess. Throughout the poem, we discover that the main reason for the last Duchess’s disappearance was because the Duke felt threatened by her friendly nature towards everything, especially towards men. Her behavior can be best seen in the quote, “all and each would draw from her alike the approving speech, or blush, at least. She thanked men, - good! But thanked.” Therefore we can conclude that last Duchess disappeared, or died, because she didn’t make the Duke feel like he was the only man in the world. By the end of the poem we witness the Duke already asking for the hand of the Count’s daughter to replace his empty space for a Duchess.
2. How many characters do we find in this poem?
In the poem “My Last Duchess” we can find six characters. In the first half of the poem we are introduced to the Duke, the last Duchess, the Count’s servant, and Friar …show more content…
The portrait of the last Duchess is spoke of as very detailed in accurate in the quote, “That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall, looking as if she were alive. I call that piece a wonder, now: Fr Pandolf’s hands worked busily a day, and there she stands.” In this quote I can conclude that the Duke refers to the Duchess’s painting, “as if she were alive,” because she’s actually dead, but the painting is extremely well done that it seems that the painting could possibly be just a carbon copy. Although the painting is magnificent, the Duke has some absurd assumption about
The poem’s expressive purpose is to explain to the Count’s servant why he, the Duke, doesn’t have a Duchess anymore. The first line of the poem, “That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall, looking as if she were alive,” hints of the last Duchess’s death and the rest of the poem elaborates on the complete story of the last Duchess. Throughout the poem, we discover that the main reason for the last Duchess’s disappearance was because the Duke felt threatened by her friendly nature towards everything, especially towards men. Her behavior can be best seen in the quote, “all and each would draw from her alike the approving speech, or blush, at least. She thanked men, - good! But thanked.” Therefore we can conclude that last Duchess disappeared, or died, because she didn’t make the Duke feel like he was the only man in the world. By the end of the poem we witness the Duke already asking for the hand of the Count’s daughter to replace his empty space for a Duchess.
2. How many characters do we find in this poem?
In the poem “My Last Duchess” we can find six characters. In the first half of the poem we are introduced to the Duke, the last Duchess, the Count’s servant, and Friar …show more content…
The portrait of the last Duchess is spoke of as very detailed in accurate in the quote, “That’s my last Duchess painted on the wall, looking as if she were alive. I call that piece a wonder, now: Fr Pandolf’s hands worked busily a day, and there she stands.” In this quote I can conclude that the Duke refers to the Duchess’s painting, “as if she were alive,” because she’s actually dead, but the painting is extremely well done that it seems that the painting could possibly be just a carbon copy. Although the painting is magnificent, the Duke has some absurd assumption about