The Oppression Of Husbands In My Last Duchess By Robert Browning

In human society, every couple married has different opinions and circumstances. For some people, husbands are ruled by their wives instead of men. However in people`s opinions and minds, wives have a lesser value than husbands in everywhere. Of course in the poem “My Last Duchess” by Robert
Browning, the speaker also considers his wife is just a woman whom needs to be quiet all the time. The poem begins with him drawing the attention of the person whom he is talking to, who, asks about the smile of the last duchess in the portrait, is silent during the entire poem. Since the move of a Browning dramatic monologue is psychological self­characterization, the speaker considered himself a very jealous man and boasted. At first reading, people might
In the other hands, the speaker talks to the emissary from the count's family who is negotiating for the next wife.
The speaker tries to explain why he feels uncomfortable with his wife and kills her. Without doubt, though, the most leading aspect of the duke’s personality is a godlike eagerness for full control of his surroundings. As stated earlier, the speaker gives awareness to the emissary what kind of wife he expects in order to be his forever wife because the duke is a mean man and full of jealous; which means ordinary women might not fit to be his part of life. Furthermore, the duke desires to be Neptune, god of the sea, taming a small, beautiful sea creature in what would obviously be no game. In other words, the duke sees himself as a god who will tame his duchess. Contrary in the end, his jealousy and angerness get worse and worse day after day. Eventually, those force him to kill his innocent wife after he grew tired of his last duchess because of her interactions with others, he says, “I gave commands” and her smiles “stopped together.” Even though her smile is as beautiful as cherries, he still is tired of his wife, and her smile even could not help him happy