... internal conflict of Duke Ferrara in My Last Duchess is very much left up to the reader to decide. It is a very complicated situation indeed. The internal conflict is the Duke being jealous of the Duchess and also being guilty for not being able to give up this jealousy after the Duchess's death. The Duke loved his last wife. There is a painting ... of her behind a curtain on a wall in the Duke's castle. This painting is covered so that the Duchess can only look at the Duke. He sees her as if she is alive ... he could possess. The Duke was a cold person. He was insecure and unsure of him...

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• Grade Level: High School

Different extremes of marriage are dramatized within the two poems "To My Dear and Loving Husband" (Bradstreet, Anne page 78) and "My Last Duchess" (Browning, Robert page 278). Each author writes in iambic pentameter, using rhyming couplets and presents opposite ends of the spectrum of marriage. While both have similar physical characteristics, it is ... reflect his status. The abrupt change of focus to yet another acquisition "Notice Neptune, though, Taming a seahorse, thought a rarity ," illustrates the Duke's lack of remorse at the passing of his last Duchess as he diverts the envoy's att...

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... were all written by men and women expressing a variety of their ideal towards love. The poems are "The beggar woman", "To his coy mistress", "My last duchess", "How do I love thee?" and "Remember". These poets described love in various ways in connection with men and women. In the "The beggar woman ... the poets have similar expression of the variety of perspectives on love by illustrating similar attitudes shown by the man towards the woman. "My Last Duchess" is about a Duke and his last wife's relationship. The women wrote "Remember" and "how do I love thee" The poets clarify different ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 's lover. He seems quiet but very possessive and maybe slightly mad, although his feelings are explored thoroughly throughout. Happy and proud; at last I knew Porphyria worshipped me; Line 32/33 That moment she was mine, mine... Line 36 This last line shows his almost mad obsession with Porphyria. The theme of Porphyria's Lover is love and the distinction between love and obsession ... a man for murdering his partner, or he may just be mocking the very idea of God. Quite a few of Robert Browning's poems are about women. Such as The Lost Mistress', My Last Duchess' and Porphyria's Lover. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... not seek out or accept the feeling of love; such as pervious bad relationships, lack of morals, tragic childhoods, etc. The Colonel in "The Colonel's Lady" and the Duke in "My Last Duchess" are an example of how this might happen. Genetically they are perfectly capable to love by their psychological problems interfere with their ability to love. If somehow those problems were ... ...

• Word Count: 452
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School