That piece a wonder, now” (Mitchell 74). When he says “piece of wonder”, he shows that he appreciates the objects in art rather than the subject itself. Instead of calling the portrait “it” the Duke calls it “she” and “her” as if the painting is alive. Browning has a conflict between” the work of man and creativity the divine in man” (Mitchell 74).He believes his last Duchess was so perfect that he says his next bride will be “my object”. This expression means that nobody will compare to his last wife.
This causes the audience to feel uneasy about the narrator and his reasons behind doing what he does to Porphyria. The language that her lover uses is used in a way that almost dehumanises her. “In one yellow string” this example shows just how much he dehumanises her and just how little he thinks of her towards the end of the poem. Not only this but Browning uses mono-syllabic words which slows the pace, this gives the reader chance to understand just what’s happened. The use of monosyllabic words also shows just how calm the narrator is about the situation he has placed himself in after killing Porphyria, much like how the structure does.
Because the poem is in the form of a dramatic monologue, the reader only shares the conversation of the Duke. Through his speech the Duke wants to show certain aspects of his character, which he does. He wants his audience to know he is a man with status and to be regarded highly. We know this as he is proud of his ‘nine-hundred-years-old name’, and expected his late wife to have respected and rated this, although she did not. However, the effect of this speech leads the Duke into
Each work of fiction demonstrates the differing aspects and motivations that can result from the feeling of love. Love can make people act differently, as if they are different people completely. Browning’s poem, “My Last Duchess,” explores the possessive side of love and looks at the motivations behind this type of emotion. Throughout the poem, the duke is speaks of his first wife, by describing the painting by Frà Pandolf. “After saying that he alone opens the curtain, the duke promptly begins a catalog of complaints about the way that his wife had acted” (Marchino, 2).
Having made this disclosure, the Duke returns to the business at hand: arranging for another marriage, with another young girl. As the Duke and the emissary walk leave the painting behind, the Duke points out other notable artworks in his collection. Form “My Last Duchess” comprises rhyming pentameter lines. Consequently, the rhymes do not create a sense of closure when they come, but rather remain a subtle driving force behind the Duke’s compulsive revelations. The Duke is quite a performer: he mimics others’ voices, creates hypothetical situations, and uses the force of his personality to make horrifying information seem merely colorful.
Kesey claims that Harding had hands the would be fit for painting, and Bibbit would be expected to have beautiful handwriting, “though they never did.” He describes their hands as “trapped.” However, McMurphy doesn't let his looks or “ the Combine mill him into fitting where the wanted him to fit.” By describing him and through comparison to other patients, Kesey sucessfully reveals to the reader that McMurphy is not a machine and he is able to resist reforming to the way that society expects him to be and the way Big Nurse would like to force him to be. Through Kesey's creation of McMurphy we are able to learn to accept ourselves and not to judge others before getting to know
How is love portrayed in the selected poems? Throughout the six poems love is portrayed in different ways by changing the type of love that is shown in the poems, which makes dissimilar to all of each other. Love can be shown in different ways, some more obvious love between a man and a woman or between a parent and a child or there is love that can be shown in a less obvious way. The dramatic monologue ‘My last duchess’ is a good example of how love is shown but not in a conventional way. In ‘My last duchess’ love is shown as a very strong emotion because of the Duke’s possessive love for his ‘last duchess’.
Benedick’s desire to know what Beatrice truly thinks of him is a sign of the love he feels for her, yet has chosen to not yet acknowledge it, even to himself. Benedick disguises himself so that he can freely talk to Beatrice and her opinions about himself—knowing that if he were to ask her as himself normally, he would not receive an accurate answer. Unbeknownst to him however, Beatrice realizes who he is and continues the witty war, relishing in insulting him once again, “He is the prince’s jester, a very dull fool”. Benedick’s response to this is quite important, because Shakespeare again uses
The duke’s rapacious nature can be seen many times throughout the poem, one of these moments can be seen from line 1 to 10 in the poem where he talks about who painted the painting and their reputation in the artistic world more than the subject of the painting. These references show how much the duke values wealth. After the duke has finished admiring the artwork of artist he goes on to talk about the innocent face of the duchess. Many strangers observe the painting and admire the honest, depth and passion of the duchesses face however in the quote “But to myself they turned” shows that the duke had completely different thoughts about the painting. The messenger wasn’t the first person to talk about the duchesses face and whenever people ask about the face he replies in a very intimidating manner.
To go along with this, the tone of his speech conveys his pride and haughtiness towards the woman in the picture. This is clearly shown when he says, “Will’t please you sit and look at her?” I said “Frà Pandolf” by design, for never read “Strangers like you that pictured countenance, The depth and passion of its earnest glance,” When the Duke says this, it proves his arrogant and possessive attitude towards her, though she is dead. When he is listing her beautiful qualities and attributes, he is inadvertently taking credit for her them, as if to say that without him, she would not be as beautiful or wouldn’t be