Many characteristics about the Duke are revealed throughout Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess". The reader becomes aware of these characteristics by his dramatic monologue. A dramatic monologue is a lengthy first person speech. There seems to be a motivation in speaking ... to sit and look at this painting. By doing this the duke is "buttering up" the representative because no stranger has ever looked at the duke's portrait of his duchess before " But to myself they turned (since none puts by the curtain I have drawn for you, but I). . ." (9) He explains how this portrait was painted in...

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My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning and "The Colonel" by Carolyn Force are two poems written a century apart, but are alike and different in several ways. Both of these men are wealthy, proud, ... nine hundred year old name that he inherits through royalty in his family. This alone shows his wealth right away. He also receives money through his previous marriage to the Duchess. In this period, the woman's father would give a dowry to the husband to help them start their new lives. Similarly, the Colonel also appears to be wealthy. There is a gold ... ...

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Robert Browning's "My Last Duchess" is a dramatic monologue by the Duke of Ferrara. Through his monologue, the duke recalls the failings of his last wife to an agent of the Count of Tyrol in order to negotiate his second marriage. The duke's tale ultimately conveys to the ... murder. The story begins in a private gallery within the duke's estate. The initial focus was on a painting of the duke's last Duchess. The duke begins to describe the appearance of his last Duchess, and notes that only he controls her countenance behind the curtain that covers her portrait "since none puts by the curta...

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• Grade Level: High School