‘THE PIANO’ MONOLOGUE – STRUCTURE Year 11 English 1) Introduction • Establish your identity – through your use of language‚ your tone‚ your physical appearance & gestures‚ etc • Capture your character’s voice – how does he/she speak? Will you‚ for example: - use figurative language and metaphor - speak in short‚ sharp sentences - speak in fragmented or rambling sentences - use lots of imperatives or commands and modal verbs (eg. She must
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Written in 1842 by Robert Browning‚ "My Last Duchess" is the dramatic monologue of the duke of Ferrara who is negotiating his second marriage through an agent of the count of Tyrol on the grand staircase of the ducal palace at Ferrara in northern Italy. Executing the elements of a dramatic monologue‚ the duke reveals his situation and much more than he intends to the both the agent and the reader. Using iambic pentameter AABB couplets Robert Browning reveals the horrifying story of the murder of
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My Last Duchess: An Analysis of The Duke "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning is clearly a dramatic monologue used to depict the character of the Duke. The agent seems present although he never participates in the conversation and all parts are spoken by the Duke. The Duke describes some of the agent’s questions and makes the dramatic monologue possible by answering‚ for example‚ the questioning glance he gets from the agent about the "spot of joy on the duchess’ cheek". The poem presents the
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did not directly kill his wife‚ he certainly had something to hide. The style and structure of this poem play a significant role in the effect of the poem. As is typical of 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
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Robert Browning’s dramatic monologue‚ “My Last Duchess‚” presents an account of men’s absolute power over women in the patriarchal society of the European Renaissance. Through the use of symbolism‚ creative structure and characterization‚ the author reveals the general helplessness of woman. Browing’s vision of 16th century’s Italy depicts the reality that women are little more than objects under the control of men. Symbolism is largely used in this poem to serve as a means for expressing the
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In a dramatic monologue‚ the poet‚ like an actor in a play‚ speaks through the voice and personality of another person. Robert Browning wrote many different dramatic monologues such as those three particular poems which are known as‚ “My Last Duchess‚ Porphyria’s Lover and The Laboratory.” The reason why Browning wrote his poems in that particularly dialogue is because of the certain century it was produced. It was brought out during the Victorian. In that century woman where treated differently
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the poem an is explaining to a visitor about a portrait of a ex-wife. He tells how she was a flirt and had very disgraceful behavior. He claims she flirted with everyone and did not appreciate his "gift of a nine-hundred-years- old name." As his monologue continues‚ the reader realizes with ever-more chilling certainty that the Duke in fact caused the Duchess’s early demise‚ when her behavior escalated‚ "he gave commands‚ then all smiles stopped together." He is saying that he had her killed because
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