“My Last Duchess” refers to the Duke of Ferrera’s late wife‚ in which he has recently been widowed due to her unknown death. As we read the title‚ the use of “MY Last Duchess” provides the fact that the poem is being told in first person‚ being the Duke himself. In the poem‚ he is having a showing of this beautiful painting on the landing on the grand staircase done by Fra Pandolf‚ allowing people to see his late wife‚ apparently a young and lovely girl. The Duke begins then reminiscing about the
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relating Alfonso‚ the Duke of Ferrara‚ who used to live in 16th century. Theme The central themes are influence‚ power‚ marriage‚ egotism and aristocracy. It is likely to utilize blanket terms like love or death while commenting on the themes‚ yet love doesn’t appear to take part in on the mind of the duke heavily. In any case he doesn’t love women; although he does adore the painting plus gets joy from threatening the messenger by
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consequently the Duke after he takes the throne‚ saying that “a Fool should be faithful to his master until the very end‚ after all others have deserted him. Good or bad doesn’t come into it. Every leader needs his Fool. There is only loyalty. That’s the whole thing. Even if he is clearly three-parts bonkers‚ I’m his Fool until one of us dies [sic]” (Pratchett 171). The Fool was expecting to serve Felmet until death‚ regardless of what either of them thought. He was going to stand by the Duke even in the
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what happened in the beginning of the poem to show she was being sarcastic of her ex’s “greatness” The Duke‚ in his story‚ brought up the hints of what he did slowly through the poem‚ whereas the woman waited till the end for her story’s climax. Both ways‚ in my opinion‚ are very effective. I see in both poems that the narrators bring up what they liked about their partner to another person‚ the Duke to the Count’s representative‚ and the women to her new boyfriend. Now after stating those points‚
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For the duration of ‘My Last Duchess’ the Duke reveals his need to exert dominance over others. In the monologue he leaves no time after his questions for the envoy to answer‚ this quickly creates rhetorical questions which control the envoy’s speech revealing the Duke’s very egotistical persona. For example ‘Who’d stoop to blame this sort of trifling?’ . Furthermore the Duke calls ‘that piece a wonder‚ now’ the caesura before the lexical choice ‘now’ gives the line an ominous and sinister feel and
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reads the letter the king has sent to him. Both of the protagonists in the poems are on the verge of dying a sudden‚ unexpected death. Robert Browning‚ “My Last Duchess‚” 1. Throughout the entire poem‚ it is almost impossible allocate who the Duke is
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vulnerability and fragility of life is shown through the monologue of an unhinged Duke. He is speaking to a Count’s servant about his last Duchess‚ as he is planning to marry the Count’s daughter. The poem uses subtle foreboding and eloquent speech to portray the Duke’s obsessive madness. The Duke begins talking about a portrait of his wife hanging on the wall‚ adding‚ “as if she were alive”. These little hints and Freudian slips the Duke makes add up to and culminate in the heavy implication of her death at
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established‚ with all the different characters. Duke Orsino loves Olivia who loves Viola who really is the main character Viola‚ who has a thing for the Duke. This conflict of lovers is unrealistic‚ and makes for an exciting conflict. This unrealistic chain of events is related to the realistic ideas of people falling in love with a persons personality‚ and also relates that people are more comfortable talking with the same gender as Viola spends time as a guy with Duke. Love is an interesting concept and with
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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 hands” which worked “busily
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Fra Pandolf. Boasting about the painting on the wall‚ the Duke adopts a cold and dispassionate tone when talking about his wife. Mentioning ambiguously that the Duchess is ‘[his] last’‚ it is implied that she is no longer alive. … I call That piece a wonder; now; Fra Pandolf’s hands… The word ‘now’ is foregrounded by a caesura‚ offering the unnerving realisation that the
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