My Last duchess Flashcards

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1
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Who wrote?

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Robert Browning

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Who was it based on?

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Life of Alfonso Il D’Este duke of Ferera 1533-1598

Wife died at 17 while he was 28 - Maybe poisoned

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What type of poem is it?

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Dramatic monologue

- Demonstrating power in the wrong hands

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My last Duchess

N P B / T C I H D F Y B I

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Non puts by / the curtain I have drawn for you but I

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My last duchess

T F H-F T D A H T

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the faint half-flush that dies along her throat

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My last duchess

I G C A A S S T

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I gave command and all smiles stopped together

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What ideas of power and conflict are there in My last duchess?

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  • conflict between duke and young wife as she looks at other people
  • power in the wrong hands
  • Jealousy causes conflict
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My last duchess

A S […] C I B F M

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A seahorse […] cast in bronze for me

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