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Description
Mind Map by Emily Gill, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Emily Gill
almost 5 years ago
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My Last Duchess
- Context
- 1561 Duke of Ferra was said to
have killed his wife and that
influenced My Last Duchess.
- 1561 Duke of Ferra was said to
have killed his wife and that
influenced My Last Duchess.
- Form
- Dramatic monologue in an Iambic pentameter
and the rhyming couplets show the Duke's
desire to have control but the enjambement
shows that he gets carried away.
- Dramatic monologue in an Iambic pentameter
and the rhyming couplets show the Duke's
desire to have control but the enjambement
shows that he gets carried away.
- Structure
- They visit the Duke's gallery and he confesses to
murder as he is arranging to marry a new wife.
- They visit the Duke's gallery and he confesses to
murder as he is arranging to marry a new wife.
- Language
- Power and objectification as he only
sees her as an object to him and there
is also dramatic irony and status as that
is all the Duke cares about.
- Power and objectification as he only
sees her as an object to him and there
is also dramatic irony and status as that
is all the Duke cares about.
- Attitudes and Feelings
- Pride, jealousy and power of the
Duke as he refuses to give up
any power he has.
- Pride, jealousy and power of the
Duke as he refuses to give up
any power he has.
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