My Last Duchess Flashcards
Who wrote my last duchess
Robert browning
Context of my last duchess
Inspired by the history of a renaissance duke Alfonso 11 of Ferrara who’s young wife Lucrezia died in suspicious circumstances
Written in 1842
Analysis of the title my last duchess
Possesive pronoun of my signifies the cycle of never ending male dominance as the adjective last implies that he continue to do this in the future
Who is the speaker in my last duchess
First person
Present tense
Duke
Power as controls what he tells the reader
Tone of my last duchess
Threatening
Arrogant
Jealous
Possessive
What is the form of my last duchess
Dramatic monologue
Only he speaks
Dominates the conversation
Quote of the duke showing of his last wife my last duchess
That’s my last duchess painted on the wall
Quote showing that even though the duchess is dead the duke still has control over her my last duchess
The curtain I have drawn for you
Quote showing the duke was very arrogant my last duchess
As if she ranked my gift of a 900 year old name with anybody’s gift
Quote references the control the duke had my last duchess
Notice Neptune though taming a seahorse 
Themes of my last duchess
Power of humans
Loss/absence
Pride
Identity
