My Last Duchess

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In Robert Browing's monologue "My Last Duchess", the Duke of Ferrara is displaying the portrait of his late duchess to a servant. From the first two lines of the poem, we are given information that the duchess has passed away, "Looking as if she were alive," therefor the poem is based on flashback. As the duke shows the portrait to the servant, he also describes how the duchess behaved when she was alive. From his description, the readers get a strong feeling that the duke is very unsatisfied with his late wife. His criticisms about the duchess can be found throughout the poem. Lines such as: "she liked whate'er/ She looked on, and her looks went everywhere."(23, 24), "'twas not/Her husband's presen

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Approximate Word count = 472
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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