My last dutchess - Robert Browning Flashcards
1
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summary
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the dutch talks to the guests about his dead wife hidden behind a curtain in his house.
2
Q
key themes
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power of humans
memory
identity
lack of power
3
Q
form and structure
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dramatic monologue
iambic pentameter
4
Q
key quotes
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“since none puts by the curtaini have drawn for you but i”
-this shows the power and control over her painting
-no one can see her but him.
5
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context
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written during the victorian era
poem reflects the possesive and controlling natureof the duke.
