“Since none puts by/The curtain drawn for you, but I”. The duke can now choose who the Duchess “smiles” at and who he is allowed to see, which he couldn’t do when she was alive. The Duchess was always powerless towards the Duke as he had the means to kill her which she couldn’t have stopped. The Duke now controls every aspect of her, making her completely powerless. She is now just an object that he owns; which many Victorian women were to their husbands.
The Duke in "My Last Duchess" is an arrogant, disrespectful man, who cares more about status and wealth than love. He is very selfish, who is jealous about his ex-wife for not giving him attention in the way he wanted. He wanted her to treat above everyone else. The speaker in "To His Coy Mistress" gives us the impression that he is a respectful man. He is also well-spoken and this is important because it is his main strength which he uses to attract her towards him.
Carrie Ann Pietkoski Pietkoski, One English 102 Scott McClanahan October 24, 2012 Comparing Porphyria’s Lover and My Last Duchess Robert Browning’s famous book,” Dramatic Lyrics“, was published in 1842. Two of the dramatic monologues found in this collection were the poems, “Porphyria’s Lover” and “My Last Duchess.” In “Porphyria’s Lover”, Browning familiarizes the reader with the mind of an extremely controlling and possessive man, while “My Last Duchess” tells the story about the Duke of Ferrara telling the ambassador, the murder of his wife and the motives behind it. As we compare and contrast these works we will find there are more similarities than differences. Both poems are similar in narration, the speakers are male, seen as being extremely jealous and unremorseful. These poems were written as dramatic monologues.
My Last Duchess - YELLOW Macbeth - GREEN ‘My Last Duchess’ by Robert Browning is a poem which deals with the imaginary character of the Duke of Ferrara. In essence, the poem is a psychological portrayal of the Duke presented to the reader as if he or she is simply listening in on a conversation. As the poem unfolds, the reader becomes aware that the Duke is talking to an envoy from his fiancée’s family in order to make final arrangements for his new marriage. Thus, the nature of the discussion seems rather strange as the Duke is standing in front of a portrait of his former wife, recounting memories of his last marriage. The fact that the reader is able to get a strong sense of what the Duke is like, is testament to Browning’s skilful use of the dramatic monologue form, coupled with effective word choice and imagery.
An Analysis of Two Poems “My Last Duchess” and “My Ex-Husband” are two poems that are very similar even though they come from two very different time periods. “My Last Duchess,” written by Robert Browning, is a poem of dramatic monologue by the speaker Duke Ferrera. “My Ex-Husband,” by Gabriel Spera, was written to be a modern-day copy of the poem “My Last Duchess.” It includes dramatic monologue like the original “My Last Duchess.” However, Spera modernizes the poem, making the speaker a divorced woman. The two poems show similarities and differences in characters, diction, and cultural differences. In “My Last Duchess” the characters are the speaker Duke Ferrara, and his spouse the late Duchess.
I believe that when they first got married there was some kind of love in their relationship, but when they realized they could not conceive a child Don Elias blamed his wife. Even though it was most likely he was the infertile one, he treated her as if all she was good for was to take care of him like a maid. This is what made her a hard, bitter old woman. Dona Matilida believes it was her fault, and feels guilty about not being able to provide him with a child he so greatly desired. This caused her to turn a blind eye to what he was doing around town with other women.
Sonja is not satisfied with the dispassionate marriage she is having with Leon as she describes it as merely “going through the motion”. She also suspects Leon of having extramarital affair and once Leon confesses his “one night stand that happened twice” their marriage breaks. However, because Leon hardly tries to communicate with his wife about his inner feelings and thoughts, it is this rare courage of honesty and his latter efforts that save his marriage. Honesty also acts as a tool that penetrates their respective emotional walls that are set private to each other. After
By Curley’s wife talking to a mentally unstable person Lennie she seemed to take advantage of him by flirting a little bit with him. Lennie seems a little questionable by all that she was doing but he was going along with it until she says, “ I get lonely, you can talk to people but I can’t talk to nobody but curly” (Steinbeck, 87). This quote shows loneliness because even Lennie is having a hard time to communicate with Curley’s wife because she doesn’t seem confortable with him. As they keep talking Curley’s wife lets out all that she had hurting her inside to Lennie, she tells him everything because her husband never wanted to listen to her which made her loos her companionship. As Lennie keeps talking to her in his mind he feels that she is very confused into her self by this entire happening she gets herself into trouble.
ENGL103 August 2 2010 Browning's "My Last Duchess" A dramatic monologue is a poetic form where there is one speaker telling the events to a listener. The speaker is usually arguing for something that he wants to prove and therefore the reader must pay attention to what the speaker explicitly says and what he implies between the lines (Markley). The gap that exists between what is actually being said and what the listener understands from the poem entails deep irony. "My Last Duchess" is a dramatic monologue written by Browning. Browning uses the process of double masking to introduce both a character and a mask (Garratt 115).
Here, Kingshaw’s mother is trying to treat both the boys with equal respect.“I shall not make a favourite of my own child”, which is conveyed to the reader constantly as throughout the novel as her respect for her own child declines as her feelings for Mr Hooper increases . Hooper’s hatred for his own Mother peaks when he thinks to himself “He wished she were dead instead of his father” The phrase, “wish she were dead” conveys the fact that Kingshaw’s hatred for her is an extreme one, this is because he feels that he has been forgotten in place of Mr Hooper and Hooper . Also, the fact that he wants her to be replaced by his father, a person who he has never thoroughly met emphasises that he hates his mother who is suppose to be loving and caring more than anyone he has known. A point that is later made when in his mind Kingshaw exclaims, “he hated her more than Hooper now”. This exaggerates his hate for his mother even more as Hooper is Kingshaw’s worst enemy, this suggests that Kingshaw’s worst relationship is with his mother, potentially implying she is the reason for his death.