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The poem depicts a Duke showing an envoy a painting of his late wife. The poem was written during the Victorian period, marked for its strict morality and patriarchal society. Browning uses the poem as an attack on the biased, overbearing views of Victorian society and archaic hierarchy.
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“My Last Duchess” is a dramatic monologue written by Victorian poet Robert Browning in 1842. In the poem, the Duke of Ferrara uses a painting of his former wife as a conversation piece.
Jun 7, 2020 · Probably Robert Browning’s most famous (and widely studied) dramatic monologue, ‘My Last Duchess’ is spoken by the Duke of Ferrara, chatting away to an acquaintance (for whom we, the reader, are the stand-in) and revealing a sinister back-story lurking behind the portrait of his late wife, the Duchess, that adorns the wall.
Aug 28, 2024 · My Last Duchess is a dramatic monologue written by Victorian poet Robert Browning in 1842. The Duke of Ferrara is the speaker of the poem, who tells us that he is entertaining an emissary who has come to negotiate the Duke’s marriage to the daughter of another powerful family.
My Last Duchess by Robert Browning is a powerful exploration of jealousy, control, and the objectification of women within a Renaissance aristocratic marriage. Through the Duke's narration, readers are offered a glimpse into his psyche and the toxic dynamics that underpin his relationships.
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In Robert Browning's poem “My Last Duchess,” the duke of Ferrara addresses an emissary of the count whose daughter the duke intends to marry. The duke begins describing his deceased first...
