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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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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Murder... mystery... intrigue... All describe Robert Browning’s poem‚ "My Last Duchess." From the speakers’s indirect allusions to the death of his wife the reader might easily think that the speaker committed a vengeful crime out of jealousy. His flowery speech confuses and disguises any possible motives‚ however‚ and the mystery is left unsolved. Based on the poem’s style‚ structure‚ and historical references‚ it becomes evident that even if the speaker did not directly kill his
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“A Rose For Emily”‚ “Tell Tale Heart”‚ and “My Last Duchess”‚ are all narratives with the theme of madness and murder. Each narrator’s point of view shapes their story. “A Rose For Emily” is told from an outside point of view while‚ in contrast‚ “Tell Tale Heart” and “My Last Duchess” are both told by a participant in the story. The point of view a story is told from can greatly impact what the reader believes. In each narrative‚ the narrator’s motivation to tell the tale influences how the tale
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transcends all boundaries. Two complementary poems illustrate this fact‚ despite being written 150 years apart. Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” is set in 16th Century Italy. The Duke of Ferrara is discussing the portrait of his last duchess to an envoy of a nobleman‚ whose daughter he is planning to marry. Similarly‚ the contemporary woman in Gabriel Spera’s “My Ex-Husband‚” relates the details of her first marriage to the man in her new relationship. Throughout both dramatic monologues‚ jealousy
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Poems ‘The laboratory‚ the content of the play‚ from my point of view is about a woman whose partner has left her for another woman. The poet has planned to kill the other woman as she is jealous of her and wants revenge from her ex. We can tell she is jealous of this other woman as she says she’s not little‚ no minion like me!’ this shows she is jealous of the woman as she thinks she is of higher status‚ the words ‘she’s not little’ shows this. She thinks the other woman is better than she is.
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Love poetry Coursework Assignment The two poems that I have chosen are ‘Porphyria’s lover‚’ a twisted story about a possessive lover who wants this moment of love to never end and ‘My Last Duchess’ where a Duke tells about his wife who he had killed whilst showing a painting of her to a guest. I chose these poems because they were the ones that I found the most interesting and that intrigued me the most. The poems are quite similar but at the same time have some differences. One way in which
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Robert Browning is known as the Master of Psychological dramatic monologue. In "My last Duchess" the reader only hears the Duke’s story whose perverse point of view throws false accusations towards his recently deceased wife. What the reader knows about the characters is limited‚ so he must piece together the story on his own. The story the duke thinks he tells‚ of an unfaithful wife who offended his dignity‚ and the story he really tells‚ of jealousy and possessive love that leads to murder‚ engages
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My Last Duchess When a man cares more about his status and image than his wife‚ he may feel the need to take drastic measures to ensure that he is always the center of attention. Robert Browning’s dramatic monologue “My Last Duchess” paints a picture of a duke who is trying to escape from his past‚ by proving to himself that he has power over his deceased wife.During the poem‚ the duke shows a painting of the last duchess to a representative from the Count‚ who is there making arrangements for the
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Robert Browning’s “My Last Duchess” - Published 1842 Our world is changing and evolving at an astounding rate. Within the last 200 years‚ we have seen two World Wars and countless disputes over false borders created by colonialists‚ slavery‚ and every horrid form of human suffering imaginable!! Human lifestyles and cultures are changing every minute. While our grandparents and ancestors were growing up‚ do you ever think they imagined the world we live in today? What is to come is almost
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