My Last Duchess Flashcards
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-duke is representative of leaders
-representative of patriarchal power
-use of dramatic irony and monologue presents the speaker as insecure paranoid
-gives an idea that power corrupts those who hold it
-the last duchess has been turned into a portrait, emphasising that she has been turned into a possession
-speaker collects objects and paintings, his lasts dutchess has been turned into a collectable, an object
